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Zelda Bezuidenhout is a writer of Afrikaans novels, including youth novels, and radio dramas.
Biography
[edit]Zelda Bezuidenhout (née Nel) was born in Zambia and moved to South Africa as a young girl. She worked as an advertising copywriter in Johannesburg for most of her adult life and only started writing books at the age of 56.
Her first book, the Afrikaans youth novel As mens geluk kon proe, was the runner-up in LAPA Publishers Youth Novel competition of 2018. It has since been translated into English and was published as Confessions of a Ginger Pudding in 2021. Her first novel for adults, Die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom, was published in 2019 by NB Publishers[1]and has subsequently been adapted for film. Die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom, the movie, will be released late in 2024 and is set to premiere at the Silwerskermfees [2] in Cape Town.
Several other Young Adult novels and a suspense novel, Die waarde van stil bure, followed. In 2023, she was once again the runner-up in LAPA Publishers Youth Novel. competition with her Young Adult manuscript Quinn se jaar van kwik. The novel is set for publication in October 2024.
Bezuidenhout and a writing partner won the first prize in a national audio drama competition, with an entry called Koppelkat.
Many of Bezuidenhout’s short stories have been published in anthologies and magazines. She also had a regular column which ran for three years in the ATKV magazine, Taalgenoot. She lives in Parys, Free State, with her husband Izak. They have a daughter, Mia, who is a compositing artist at an animation studio in CapeTown.
Work
[edit]Bezuidenhout has published six youth novels:
- As mens geluk kon proe (2018)
- Die 6 weke van Thomas en Ella (2019)
- Toe ons oneindig was (2020)
- Confessions of a ginger pudding (2021)
- Die 3 van ons (2021)
- Anderkant die blou (2022)
Her two adult novels are:
- Die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom (2019)
- Die waarde van stil bure (2021).
Her ninth book is a Young adult novel titled Quinn se jaar van kwik. This manuscript was the runner-up in Lapa’s 2023 Youth Novel Competition and will be published in October 2024.[3]
Audiodramas: Koppelkat.
References
[edit]- ^ "NB Publishers | die dekonstruksie van Retta Blom".
- ^ "info@silwerskermfees.co.za". Silwerskermfees. 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
- ^ "Lapa se kompetisie vir jeugromans: Hulle is benoem".