Born 1954 · South Africa
UJ-prys 2018 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Envoy of the Medlars”
Marlene van Niekerk · 64 when first published
Poetry · 68 pages
AI-generated summary:Poems on a dozen paintings by the little-known Dutch painter Adriaen Coorte (c. 1659–1707), each printed in colour beside an Afrikaans poem and, on the next page, its Dutch translation.
UJ-prys 2018 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“In the Quiet Back Room”
Marlene van Niekerk · 64 when first published
Poetry · 68 pages
AI-generated summary:Poems on a dozen paintings by the little-known Dutch painter Jan Mankes (1889–1920), each printed in colour beside an Afrikaans poem and its Dutch translation, imagining his moments of inspiration, his technique and his world.
UJ-prys 2014 · Winner
Marlene van Niekerk · 59 when first published
Poetry · 216 pages
AI-generated summary:Poems that range from the lyrical to satirical protest and political verse, on nature, birds and animals, love, the father and social questions, in an Afrikaans stretched in every direction.
UJ-prys 2011 · Winner
Die sneeuslaper
Marlene van Niekerk · 56 when first published
Short stories · 192 pages
AI-generated summary:Four interwoven stories about friendship that ask how and why stories come about: a teacher of creative writing meets her match in an extraordinary student, and the friend of a dead author addresses the mourners at his funeral.
UJ-prys 2005 · Winner
Agaat
Marlene van Niekerk · 50 when first published
Novel · 695 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A novel about women on a farm who depend on each other in need and want, giving a disquieting view of half a century of the Afrikaans landscape, marked by broken, maimed humanity but also by unfailing hope.