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Dalene Matthee
South-African author
Dalene Matthee (13 October 1938 – 20 February 2005) was a South African author best known for her four "Forest Novels", written in and around the Knysna Forest.[3] Her books have been translated into fourteen languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Icelandic,[4] and over a million copies have been sold worldwide.
Biography
She was born Dalena Scott in Riversdale in the then Cape Province in 1938.
Toorbos deur dalene matthee biography
After graduating from the local high school in 1957, she studied music at a conservatory in Oudtshoorn as well as at the Holy Cross Convent in Graaff-Reinet.
Her first book was a children's story, Die Twaalfuurstokkie (The Twelve-o'-clock Stick), published in 1970.
In 1982 a collection of short stories called Die Judasbok (The Judas Goat) was also published. Before gaining fame and wide acclaim for her first "forest novel", she also wrote stories for magazines as well as two popular n