I had refused to register for national service, carried no "White" pass, paid no taxes, and in effect remained in South Africa illegally, which was the preferred state of affairs."
— van Woerden on leaving South africa[1]After extensive travelling in Europe, and a stay on Crete, he started his artistic career first as painter[2] based in the Dutch capital.
Followed by Een mond vol Glas (1998) which found critical acclaim by renowned South African writers as Breyten Breytenbach, J.M.
It is a biography of Dimitri Tsafendas who assassinated South African president Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, in the House of Assembly in 1966, was declared insane, and held in prison until he died in 1999.
[5] This trilogy was followed by Notities van een luchtfietser (Notes from an Air Cyclist, 2002), about travelling in realty as in the mind, and Ultramarijn (Ultramarine, 2005) which would turn out to be his last work.