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She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy Triomf () and the Hertzog-winning Agaat (), which explore themes including the family, the.!
Marlene van Niekerk
South African poet, writer, and academic
Marlene van Niekerk (born 10 November 1954) is a South African poet, writer, and academic.
She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy Triomf (1994) and the Hertzog-winning Agaat (2004), which explore themes including the family, the change in power dynamics occasioned by the end of Apartheid, and inequalities of race, gender, and class.
Van Niekerk is also an award-winning poet.
Follow Marlene Van Niekerk and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Marlene Van Niekerk Author Page.She writes in her native tongue, Afrikaans, and teaches at Stellenbosch University.
Biography
Marlene van Niekerk was born on 10 November 1954 on Tygerhoek farm near Caledon in the Western Cape of South Africa.
She attended school in Riviersonderend and Stellenbosch, matriculating from Hoërskool Bloemhof.[1][2]
She studied languages and philosophy at Stellenbosch University.[3] She published her literary debut while still a student – Sprokkelster (1977), a volume of poetry, won the Eu
