Marié Heese | |
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Born | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | 27 September 1942
Occupation | Novelist and Teacher |
Language | Afrikaans |
Nationality | South African |
Education | Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck |
Alma mater | Stellenbosch University, University of South Africa |
Relatives | Audrey Blignault (mother) |
Marié Heese (born 27 September 1942, Cape Town) is a South African novelist and teacher. [1] [2] She won the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Africa. [3] [4]
She is the daughter of Audrey Blignault. She grew up in Cape Town. She studied at the Stellenbosch University and University of South Africa (UNISA). She married Chris Heese; they have three children.