Corlia Fourie

Cornelia Hilda Kühn
Born	(1944-12-11) 11 December 1944
Pen name	Corlia Fourie
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	South African

Cornelia Hilda Kühn (born 11 December 1944) is an Afrikaans writer known under the pen-name Corlia Fourie. She won the ATKV-prize for the short story anthology Liefde en geweld and the MER prize for Die towersak en ander stories. In 1995, she received the Alba Bouwer Prize.

Biography

She is the daughter of the writer Mikro (C H Kühn). She writes drama, children's books, short stories and novels. Her drama Moeders en dogters was adapted for television and radio and also presented by Kruik.

Books

• Marianne en die leeu in die pophuis, 1982
• Moeders en dogters, 1985/92
• Leuens, 1986
• En die son skyn in Suid-Afrika, 1986
• Die volstruisie wat graag wou vlieg, 1986
• Die meisie wat soos 'n bottervoël sing
• Tintinyane, the girl who sang like a magic bird, 1990
• Jakkalsstreke, 1991
• Liefde en geweld (kortstories), Tafelberg, 1992
• Ganekwane en die groen draak, 1992
• Vrou-mens, Verhale deur vroue oor vroue (kompilasie), 1993
• Die deurmekaardier, 1993
• Sê (kortstories), 1994
• Die towersak, 1995
• Die oop deur, 1996
• Nolito en die wonderwater, 1997
• Die wit vlinder, Tafelberg, 1993
• Want die lewe is goed – keur uit die werk van Mikro, Lapa, 2003
• Ware liefde: bekende Suid-Afrikaanse paartjiesWare liefde: bekende Suid-Afrikaanse paartjies, Human & Rousseau, 2008
• Heleen en die heks met die hoofpyn, Protea Boekhuis, 2008
• Alle paaie lei deur die strand, LAPA 2008
• Die geheime kamer, LAPA 2012
• Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, Tafelberg, 1998
• 3am Thoughts, a collection of poems, short stories and smut, Penguin Books, 2021