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Ingrid Winterbach

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Ingrid Winterbach

Pen Names: Lettie Viljoen（Pseudonym used for early works）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1948-02-14 （Johannesburg）
Nationality
South Africa
Languages
Afrikaans
Residence History
Stellenbosch (Jamestown)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Teacher, Journalist, Fine Arts Lecturer, Lecturer in Afrikaans and Dutch, Painter
Active Years
1984-2024
Influenced By
D.J. Opperman

Education

University of the Witwatersrand
Afrikaans, Dutch and Fine Arts
Country: South Africa
Studied Afrikaans, Dutch and Fine Arts
University of Stellenbosch
Afrikaans and Dutch
Degree: postgraduate
Country: South Africa
Postgraduate degree under D.J. Opperman

Awards

Hertzog Prize
2004
Work: Niggie
Category: Prose
Result: 受賞
Hertzog Prize
2013
Work: Die Aanspraak van Lewende Wesens
Category: Prose
Result: 受賞
M-Net Literary Awards
1994
Work: Karolina Ferreira
Organization: M-Net
Result: 受賞
M-Net Literary Awards
2007
Work: Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
Organization: M-Net
Result: 受賞
M-Net Literary Awards
2013
Work: Die Aanspraak van Lewende Wesens
Organization: M-Net
Result: 受賞
University of Johannesburg Prize
2007
Work: Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
Category: 創作執筆
Organization: University of Johannesburg
Result: 受賞
University of Johannesburg Prize
2024
Work: Onrus op Steynshoop
Category: 南アフリカのアフリカーンス語執筆
Organization: University of Johannesburg
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Karolina Ferreira (The Elusive Moth)

1993 Novel

Details unknown

Translations
  • English: The Elusive Moth (2005)

Niggie (To Hell with Cronje)

2002 Novel

Hertzog Prize winner

Translations
  • English: To Hell with Cronje (2007)

Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat (The Book of Happenstance)

2006 Novel

Multiple award winner

Translations
  • English: The Book of Happenstance (2008)

Bibliography

  • Klaaglied vir Koos (1984)
  • Erf (1986)
  • Belemmering (1990)
  • Karolina Ferreira (1993)
  • Landskap met vroue en slang (1996)
  • Buller se Plan (1999)
  • Niggie (2002)
  • Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat (2006)
  • Die Benederyk (2010)
  • Die Aanspraak van Lewende Wesens (2012)
  • Vlakwater (2015)
  • Die Troebel Tyd (2018)
  • Voorouer. Pelgrim. Berg. (2021)
  • Onrus op Steynshoop (2024)

Translations of Works

  • Most mature novels translated into Dutch and English (mainly by Michiel Heyns)

Legacy

Prominent South African Afrikaans author, multiple Hertzog Prize winner.

Trivia

  • Married to Andries Gouws, two daughters.
  • Full-time writer and painter since 2002.