Background
She was born on a farm near Calvinia.
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Anna Louw
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She studied English, Afrikaans, Dutch, German, French and Psychology at Stellenbosch University before living in New York for two years. On her return to South Africa, she studied at the University of Cape Town, and later started writing.
Career
She had seven children from two different husbands. She died in Cape Town.
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South Africa
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Hertzog Prize; Olive Schreiner Prize She won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1964 and the Hertzog Prize for Kroniek van Perdepoort in 1976.
The Hertzog Prize or Hertzogprys is an annual award given to Afrikaans-language writers by the South African Academy for the Sciences and Arts, formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature and Arts.; The Olive Schreiner Prize is an annual award to new and emergent talent administered by the English Academy of South Africa.The Hertzog Prize or Hertzogprys is an annual award given to Afrikaans-language writers by the South African Academy for the Sciences and Arts, formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature and Arts.; The Olive Schreiner Prize is an annual award to new and emergent talent administered by the English Academy of South Africa.