marita van der vyver
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Awards • Prizes • Honours
| \2011 | Participated in the 1st Afrikaans Festival in Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2010 | Invited to speak at the 2nd Northern Cape Writers' Festival in Kimberley, South Africa |
| 2007 | ATKV Prize for Prose: Stiltetyd |
| 2006 | Participated in the 9th International Time of the Writer Festival in Durban, South Africa |
| 2006 | M-Net award for short fiction, Bestemmings MER Prize for Mia se ma/Mia's mom, together with illustrator Piet Grobler |
| 2004 | Rapport/City Press Prestige Award, as one of South Africa's most inspiring female achievers |
| 2004 | Die ongelooflike avonture van Hanna Hoekom was chosen by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) as Afrikaans Honour Book |
| 2003 | Invited to the Antwerp Book Fair in Belgium, along with four other Afrikaans writers of juvenile fiction (George Weidemann, Martie Preller, Leon de Villiers, Jaco Jacobs), participating in panel discussions and workshops with Flemish and Dutch writers |
| 2002 | Invited to speak at Symposium on South African Literature and Migration at the University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2002 | Die ongelooflike avonture van Hanna Hoekom won the Sanlam Prize for Youth Fiction |
| 1999 | Chosen as one of 100 outstanding South African women during the past century by English magazine Femina |
| 1999 | Chosen as one of 50 most influential women in the history of South Africa by Afrikaans magazine Sarie |
| 1997 | Invited along with five prominent Afrikaans writers (Marlene van Niekerk, Etienne van Heerden, Wilma Stockenstrom, EKM Dido and Peter Snyders) by the Netherland’s Language Union to take part in a two-week reading tour through Holland and Belgium |
| 1997 | Invited to Toronto, Canada, to read from her own work as part of the Harbourfront Reading Series |
| 1997 | Awarded an International Bursary by the Foundation for Creative Arts, and invited to take part in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, USA |
| 1997 | Tienie Holloway Medal for children's books: Olinosters op die dak, together with illustrator Piet Grobler |
| 1994 | Chosen as one of 50 outstanding South Africans by English magazine Fair Lady |
| 1993 | Chosen as one of 50 most influential South Africans by Afrikaans magazine De Kat |
| 1993 | Three awards for Griet skryf 'n sprokie: ATKV Prize, M-Net Book Prize and Eugène Marais Prize |
| 1992 | ATKV Prize for Youth Literature: Eenkantkind |
| 1982 | Beginners prize in Tafelberg and Sarie competition: Van jou Jas |
| 1979 | Poetry scholarship awarded for another year |
| 1975 | Awarded a three-year scholarship at any South African university as first prize in a national poetry competition for high-school pupils |
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