Wilna Adriaanse

South African novelist

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Wilna Adriaanse

Born| (1958-03-19)19 March 1958
Askham, Kalahari, South Africa
Occupation| Writer
Nationality| South African
Period| 2000 - current
Genre| Fiction
Spouse| Deon Adriaanse - married since 5 December 1981
Children| Cobus (Beer) Adriaanse born 20 May 1985, Jaco Adriaanse born 27 October 1987 and Johann Adriaanse born 23 March 1990
Relatives| Jacobus Adriaan Hennig (10 July 1924 - 11 May 2012)(Father) Anna Elizabeth Hennig, néé Van Zyl (20 June 1930 - 13 April 2016)(Mother)
Website
www.wilnaadriaanse.co.za

Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958) is a South African Afrikaans romantic fiction writer. Her first book, Die wingerd sal weer bot, was published in 2000 under the name Wilmine Burger. Her book,  'n Heildronk op liefde, won the 2003 Lapa Publishers’ Prize for Romance and in 2009 she was awarded the ATKV-Woordveertjie prize for her novel, Die boek van Ester.[1]

Adriaanse was born on 19 March 1958 in the Kalahari, and grew up in Worcester. She matriculated in 1976 from Worcester High School. She earned a BA and BA honours in development administration from the University of Stellenbosch. In 2011, she completed a master's degree with distinction in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town. Her thesis was also published under the title, 'n Klein Lewe by Tafelberg.[2] In 1981, she married Deon Adriaanse and settled in Giyani. In 1985 the couple moved to the Western Cape and lived in Durbanville till 2011, whereafter she followed her husband who worked in various locations in Africa and are residing on a farm on the banks of the Madikwe River in Ramonaka in the Republic of Botswana. They have three children.

## Works

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As Wilna Adriaanse:

* ’n Ongewone belegging, Jasmyn, 2001
* Alleenvlug, Jasmyn, 2002
* Die reuk van verlange, Jasmyn, 2003
* Serenade vir ’n nagtegaal, Jasmyn, 2004
* Rebecca, Tafelberg, 2004
* Hande wat heel, Hartklop, 2005
* Met ander woorde, Tafelberg, 2006
* Die boek van Ester, Tafelberg, 2008
* Vier seisoene kind, Tafelberg, 2010
* 'n Klein lewe, Tafelberg, 2012
* Dubbelspel, Tafelberg, 2014
* Eindspel, Tafelberg, 2017
* Blindside, Tafelberg, 2019 (Translation of Dubbelspel)
* Endgame, Tafelberg, 2020 (Translation of Eindspel)
* Vlug, Tafelberg, 2021

As Wilmine Burger:

* Die wingerd sal weer bot, Lapa, 2000
* ’n Heildronk op die liefde, Lapa, 2002
* Liefde is ’n kleur, Lapa, 2002
* Brug van woorde, Lapa, 2004

## References

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1. ^ HAT Taal-en-feitegids, Pearson, December 2013, ISBN 978-1-77578-243-8
2. ^ "Wilna Adriaanse". NB Publishers. Retrieved 17 January 2016.

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