Wilna Adriaanse

Wilna Adriaanse
Born (1958-03-19)19 March 1958
Kalahari, South Africa
Occupation Writer
Nationality South African
Spouse Deon Adriaanse

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 1981, she married Deon Adriaanse. They have three children. In 2011, she completed a master's degree in Creative Writing at the University of Cape Town.[2]

Works

As Wilna Adriaanse:

As Wilmine Burger:

References

  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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