Dot Serfontein

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Dot Serfontein
Born	(1925-04-30)30 April 1925 Kroonstad, Orange Free State Union of South Africa
Died	4 November 2016(2016-11-04) (aged 91)
Children	5, including Antjie Krog

Susanna Jacoba "Dot" Serfontein (30 April 1925 – 4 November 2016)^[1][2] was an Afrikaans writer from Kroonstad in the Free State.^[3] She rose to prominence as a short-story and novella writer in the 1960s, particularly publishing in the women's magazine Sarie.^[3] She was also a journalist at Die Volksblad.^[1] In later years, she published several novels and essay collections, as well as at least two works of non-fiction: Keurskrif vir Kroonstad (1990), a history of Kroonstad, and Vrypas (2009), an autobiography.^[3]