Background
She was born in Napier in the Overberg district.
She was born in Napier in the Overberg district.
After finishing high school, she studied at Stellenbosch University, where she obtained a Bachelor in in 1952.
She writes in the Afrikaans language, and along with Sheila Cussons, Elisabeth Eybers, Antjie Krog and Ina Rousseau, she is one of the leading female writers in the language. She has lived in Cape Town since 1993. She has also been translated into Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Turkish and Swedish.
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Trippens se patatta, DALRO, Johannesburg, 1971
Laaste middagmaal, Taurus, Johannesburg, 1978.