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Lettie Viljoen

レティ・ヴィルホエン

Retti Viruhōen

Aliases: Ingrid Winterbach
Pen Names: Lettie ViljoenPseudonym used for early works

Profile

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

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Painter, Teacher, Journalist, Lecturer
Active Years
1984-2024
Affiliations
University of Stellenbosch, University of Natal
Influenced By
D.J. Opperman

Education

University of the Witwatersrand
Afrikaans, Dutch, Fine Arts
Country: South Africa
Undergraduate studies
University of Stellenbosch
Afrikaans and Dutch
Degree: postgraduate degree
Country: South Africa
Under D.J. Opperman

Awards

M-Net Literary Awards
1994
Work: Karolina Ferreira
Result: Winner
Old Mutual Literary Award
1994
Work: Karolina Ferreira
Result: Winner
WA Hofmeyr Prize
2000
Work: Buller se Plan
Result: Winner
Hertzog Prize
2004
Work: Niggie
Category: Prose
Organization: South African Academy for Science and Arts
Result: Winner
WA Hofmeyr Prize
2007
Work: Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
Result: Winner
M-Net Literary Awards
2007
Work: Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
Result: Winner
University of Johannesburg Prize
2007
Work: Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
Organization: University of Johannesburg
Result: Winner
South African Literary Award
2010
Work: Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
Category: literary translation
Result: Winner
C.L. Engelbrecht Prize
2012
Work: Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
Result: Winner
Hertzog Prize
2013
Work: Die Aanspraak van Lewende Wesens
Category: Prose
Organization: South African Academy for Science and Arts
Result: Winner
M-Net Literary Awards
2013
Work: Die Aanspraak van Lewende Wesens
Result: Winner
University of Johannesburg Prize
2024
Work: Onrus op Steynshoop
Category: South African Writing in Afrikaans
Organization: University of Johannesburg
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Karolina Ferreira

1993 Novel
Translations
  • The Elusive Moth

Niggie

2002 Novel
Translations
  • To Hell with Cronje

Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat

2006 Novel
Translations
  • The Book of Happenstance

Die Aanspraak van Lewende Wesens

2012 Novel
Translations
  • It Might Get Loud

Bibliography

  • Klaaglied vir Koos
  • Erf
  • Belemmering
  • Karolina Ferreira
  • Landskap met vroue en slang
  • Buller se Plan
  • Niggie
  • Die Boek van Toeval en Toeverlaat
  • Die Benederyk
  • Die Aanspraak van Lewende Wesens
  • Vlakwater
  • Die Troebel Tyd
  • Voorouer. Pelgrim. Berg.
  • Onrus op Steynshoop

Translations of Works

  • The Elusive Moth
  • To Hell with Cronje
  • The Book of Happenstance

Legacy

A prominent Afrikaans author who has won the Hertzog Prize twice and numerous other literary awards. Most of her novels have been translated into Dutch and English.

Trivia

  • Lettie Viljoen is the pseudonym of Ingrid Winterbach.
  • Full-time writer and painter since 2002.
  • Married to Andries Gouws, with two daughters.