Marie Linde | |
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Born | Elizabeth Johanna Bosman 1 May 1894 Cape Town, Cape Colony |
Died | 28 September 1963 Cape Town, South Africa | (aged 69)
Language | Afrikaans |
Marie Linde was the pen name of Elizabeth Johanna Bosman (1 May 1894 – 28 September 1963), a South African novelist of Afrikaner descent. Initially home schooled, she studied modern languages at the University of Cape Town and was an accomplished linguist, able to speak Dutch, German, French and English. She published novels, short stories and plays, and created the first Afrikaans radio play broadcast. Published in 1925, her novel Onder bevoorregte mense was the first Afrikaans novel translated into English, being issued as Among Privileged People.