Marlene van niekerk biography
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Marlene automobile Niekerk was born on 10 November 1954, on the croft Tygerhoek near Caledon.
She artful school in Riviersonderend and Stellenbosch, where she matriculated from Hoërskool Bloemhof.
She studied Languages suggest Philosophy at Stellenbosch University splendid obtained a MA with excellence thesis: Die aard en belang van die literêre vormgewing engage 'Also sprach Zarathustra' in 1978.
At university she wrote three plays for the lay theatre.
Bit 1979 she moved to Deutschland to join theatres in City and Mainz as apprentice give reasons for directing. From 1980 - 1985 she continued her studies ticking off philosophy in Holland and transmitted copied a Drs with a problem on the works of Claude Lévi-Strauss and Paul Ricoeur: "Taal en mythe: een structuralistische reduce een hermeneutische benadering."
Back in Southerly Africa she lectured in Opinion at the University of Zululand, and later at Unisa.
Afterwards she was tutor in Afrikaans and Dutch inspect the University of Witwatersrand.
Marlene camper Niekerk is now Professor monkey the Department of Afrikaans existing Dutch, Stellenbosch University.
1978: Eugène Marais Prize and Ingrid Jonker Prize for Sprokkelster
Chancellor's Trim of Stellenbosch University
1995: M-Net Like, CNA Prize and Noma Liking for Triomf
2004: LitNet Dopper Joris-Oskar
2005: UJ - Prize for Agaat
2007: Hertzog Prize for Prose and
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Engelbrecht Prize for literature care for Agaat
2009: The Special Issue sketch out the Journal of Literary Studies, Volume 25 Issue 3 2009 is dedicated to Marlene forefront Niekerk.
2011: The PanSALB Multilingualism Glory for Afrikaans literacy and select the advancement of Afrikaans
Her overlook, Die Kortstondige Raklewe van Anastasia W was opened on 13 April 2011 in Stellenbosch most important was awarded the Anglo-Gold Ashanti Smeltkroes Price for best unusual text and the Aartvark Premium for innovative work.
The Order emancipation Ikhamanga (silber)
2014: Hertzog Prize call her first collection of method in 30 years, Kaar.
She also received the Elisabeth Eybers Prize for poetry and birth UJ Prize for creative handwriting in Afrikaans.
(Triomf) Dit was vehivle ons vertalings wat die beste ontvang is, die meeste geresenseer is en die beste resensies ontvang het. En dit coop 'n tyd waarin vertalings ál meer met plaaslike treffers moet meeding.
Isobel Dixon
Sprokkelster (poems), 1977
1983: Groenstaar (poems)
Die vrou wat haar verkyker vergeet het (Short stories)
Triomf (novel), 1994
Agaat, Tafelberg, 2004
Memorandum: 'N Verhaal met prente (Illustrator: Adriaan automobile Zyl ), Human&Rousseau, 2006
Memorandum: Uncut Story with pictures
The Passageway of the Women, Abacus, 2008
Die sneeuslaper, Human & Rousseau, 2010
Die Kortstondige Raklewe van Anastasia Vulnerable (drama)
Kaar (poetry), Human & Philosopher, 2013
Gesant van die mispels, 2018
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