Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958) is a

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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''.HAT Taal-en-feitegids, Pearson, December 2013, Adriaanse was born on 19 March 1958 in the Kalahari, and grew up in

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. She matriculated in 1976 from Worcester High School. She earned a BA and BA honours in development administration from the

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. In 2011, she completed a master's degree with distinction in Creative Writing at the

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. Her thesis was also published under the title, n Klein Lewe'' by Tafelberg. 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

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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