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She was born in Cape Town on 1958 and grew up in Bellville, Menlo Park and got her early education from Hoërskool Nelspruit.
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Marita Vyver
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Van der Vyver wrote a collection of humorous essays detailing life in the countryside of France, titled Die hart van ons huis in 2004, after which her first volume of short stories, Bestemmings was released, together with an English counterpart. She chose Stellenbosch University, where she participated in Doctorate.J. Opperman"s poetry workshops and was awarded a Bachelor degree, majoring in Afrikaans and French, in 1978. The following year, she acquired an honours degree in journalism.
She completed a master"s degree in journalism several years later.
After returning to South Africa after a year of travelling in Europe, van der Vyver worked as a reporter for Die Burger, as a copywriter for Leserskring (a book club) and a feature writer for Sarie.
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