Lettie Viljoen

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Lettie Viljoen
Born (1948-02-14) 14 February 1948 (age 77)
Johannesburg, South Africa
OccupationNovelist
Language Afrikaans
NationalitySouth African
Alma mater University of Stellenbosh
Notable awards Hertzog prize
SpouseAndries Gouws
Children2 daughters
Website
ingridwinterbach.com

Lettie Viljoen was a pseudonym of the South African author Ingrid Winterbach, who primarily writes in Afrikaans. She lives in Jamestown, Stellenbosch.

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Life and education

Winterbach was born in Johannesburg in 1948. 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 D.J. Opperman. 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. [1] Most of her mature novels have been translated into Dutch and English (chiefly by Michiel Heyns).

List of titles

As Lettie Viljoen

As Ingrid Winterbach

Awards

References

  1. http://www.humanrousseau.com/authors/2974/ Publisher's page: Human & Rousseau
  2. Carolyn (20 September 2013). "The 2013 M-Net Literary Awards Winners". Books LIVE. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. "Deurwinterde skrywer wen gesogte UJ-prys vir Afrikaans". Maroela Media (in Afrikaans). 22 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.