Corlia Fourie

Corlia Fourie (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. Quotes In a marriage that has spanned not only decades, but several moves to several countries as Tutu rose through clerical ranks; the Tutus have learned that a marriage is built on such little things as knowing when to say "Sorry, I was wrong". At his new wedding he sums up what she has meant to him: "Leah, you are a fantastic person. I know that I could not have been the same person without you." But sometimes love really does have to conquer all, as in the case of Ilse and Beyers Naudé, described in Erika Murray-Theron's The Little Marvel. Despite defying the apartheid government and suffering political restriction under house arrest, the Naudés kept their love alive. "Ilse kept up Bey's spirits and he comforted her a glimpse at the relationship between Albie Sachs and his wife, Vanessa September, over 30 years his junior. Sachs talks of the freedom and lack of baggage September's generation enjoys. He has found happiness with his new wife, as well as fathered a son. But how do they deal with such a huge age gap? September answers: "We came to the conclusion that if I slowed down 25 percent and he speeded up 25 percent, we'd be the perfect couple. It became the measure for everything that was meaningful in our lives." External links Category: Living people