Background
Winterbach was born in Johannesburg in 1948.
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Ingrid Viljoen
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She got her early education from Florida High School, Johannesburg and studied Afrikaans, Dutch and Fine Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand, and went on to a postgraduate degree in Afrikaans and Dutch at the University of Stellenbosch under Doctorate.J. Opperman.
Career
She lives in Jamestown, Stellenbosch. She went on to work as a teacher, a journalist, a Fine Arts lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch and a lecturer in Afrikaans and Dutch at the University of Natal. She has been a full-time writer and painter since 2002.
As Lettie Viljoen 1984 Klaaglied vir Koos As Ingrid Winterbach.
Achievements
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1984 Klaaglied vir Koos 1986 Erf 1990 Belemmering 1993 Karolina Ferreira (published in English as The Elusive Moth, 2005) 1996 Landskap met vroue en slang 1999 Buller se plan 2002 Niggie (published in English as To Hell with Cronje, 2007) 2006 Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat (published in English as The Book of Happenstance, 2008) 2010 Die Benederyk 2012 Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 1994 M-Net Literary – Karolina Ferreira 1994 Old Mutual Literary Award – Karolina Ferreira 2000 Washington Hofmeyr Prize – Buller se plan 2004 Hertzog Prize for Prose – Niggie 2007 Washington Hofmeyr Prize – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2007 M-Net Literary – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2007 University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2010 South African Literary Award for literary translation for the translation of Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2012 Commander of Order of Leopold Engelbrecht Prize for Literature – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2012 New Brunswick-Uitgewers Groot Romankompetisie – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens (Human & Rousseau) 2013 M-Net Literary - Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 2013 Hertzog Prize for Prose – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 2013 Washington Hofmeyr Prize (Media24 Books Literary ) – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens.
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Nationality
South Africa
Awards
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Hertzog Prize; South African Literary award; University of Johannesburg Prize 1994 M-Net Literary – Karolina Ferreira 1994 Old Mutual Literary Award – Karolina Ferreira 2000 WA Hofmeyr Prize – Buller se plan 2004 Hertzog Prize for Prose – Niggie 2007 WA Hofmeyr Prize – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2007 M-Net Literary – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2007 University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2010 South African Literary Award for literary translation for the translation of Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2012 C.L. Engelbrecht Prize for Literature – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2012 NB-Uitgewers Groot Romankompetisie – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens (Human & Rousseau) 2013 M-Net Literary - Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 2013 Hertzog Prize for Prose – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 2013 WA Hofmeyr Prize (Media24 Books Literary ) – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 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 University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006.Hertzog Prize; South African Literary award; University of Johannesburg Prize 1994 M-Net Literary – Karolina Ferreira 1994 Old Mutual Literary Award – Karolina Ferreira 2000 WA Hofmeyr Prize – Buller se plan 2004 Hertzog Prize for Prose – Niggie 2007 WA Hofmeyr Prize – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2007 M-Net Literary – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2007 University of Johannesburg Prize for Creative Writing – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2010 South African Literary Award for literary translation for the translation of Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2012 C.L. Engelbrecht Prize for Literature – Die boek van toeval en toeverlaat 2012 NB-Uitgewers Groot Romankompetisie – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens (Human & Rousseau) 2013 M-Net Literary - Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 2013 Hertzog Prize for Prose – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 2013 WA Hofmeyr Prize (Media24 Books Literary ) – Die aanspraak van lewende wesens 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 University of Johannesburg Prize for South African Writing in English, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006.