Freda Linde | |
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Born | Christovira Frederika Linde 12 December 1915 Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa |
Died | 7 March 2013 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | (aged 97)
Occupation | Journalist, Writer and Translator |
Language | Afrikaans |
Nationality | South African |
Alma mater | Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck |
Freda Linde (12 December 1915 – 7 March 2013[1] ) was a South African children's writer and translator. She wrote predominantly in Afrikaans. She has translated over 150 children's books into Afrikaans, French and German.[2] She received the C.P. Hoogenhout Award in 1964.