Marié Heese (born 27 September 1942,

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

) is a South African

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living wage, living writing novels and other fiction, while other ...

and teacher. She won the 2010

Commonwealth Writers' Prize Commonwealth Foundation has presented a number of prizes since 1987. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best First ...

for Africa.

Life

She is the daughter of Audrey Blignault. She grew up in

. She studied at the

Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University (SU) (, ) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant university in Sub-Sahara ...

and

University of South Africa The University of South Africa (UNISA) is the largest university system in South Africa by enrollment. It attracts a third of all higher education students in South Africa. Through various colleges and affiliates, UNISA has over 400,000 student ...

(UNISA). She married Chris Heese; they have three children.

Works

*''Die uurwerk kantel'', Tafelberg-uitgewers, 1976, *''Tyd van beslissing: 'n roman'', Perskor, 1987, *''The Double Crown'', Human & Rousseau, 2009; International Publishers Marketing, 2011,

Essays

*''Tokkelspel'', Tafelberg, 1972,

Travel

*''Die honger reisiger'', Tafelberg,

Children's books

*''Die Pikkewouters van Amper-Stamperland'', Human & Rousseau, 1984 *''Avonture in Amper-Stamperland'', Human & Rousseau, 1986

Editor

* ''Audrey Blignault: Uit die dagboek van 'n vrou'', Tafelberg, 2009,

References

External links

"Interview with Commonwealth Writers Prize 2010 Nominee Dr Marie Heese"
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