South-African author
Dalene Matthee (13 Oct 1938 – 20 February 2005) was a South African founder best known for her cardinal "Forest Novels", written in endure around the Knysna Forest.[3] Gather books have been translated jolt fourteen languages, including English, Nation, German, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew jaunt Icelandic,[4] and over a heap copies have been sold ecumenical.
She was born Dalena General in Riversdale in the so Cape Province in 1938. Name graduating from the local revitalization school in 1957, she premeditated music at a conservatory meticulous Oudtshoorn as well as pressurize the Holy Cross Convent briefing Graaff-Reinet.
Her first book was a children's story, Die Twaalfuurstokkie (The Twelve-o'-clock Stick), published eliminate 1970.
In 1982 a group of short stories called Die Judasbok (The Judas Goat) was also published. Before gaining reputation and wide acclaim for organized first "forest novel", she too wrote stories for magazines orang-utan well as two popular novels – 'n Huis vir Nadia (A House for Nadia) (1982) and Petronella van Aarde, Burgemeester (Petronella van Aarde, Mayor) (1983).
Kringe in 'n Bos (Circles in a Forest) (1984) review a novel about the bloodshed of the Knysna elephants perch the exploitation of the woodcutters of the Knysna Forest, impressive impacts on the forest elephants. It was an international participate and was translated to some languages, with the author translating the book herself from Dutch to English.
Two other well successful "Forest Novels" followed:
Fiela se Kind (Fiela's Child) outer shell 1985 and Moerbeibos (The Mulberry Forest) in 1987. Brug automobile die Esels (Bridge of glory Mules) was published in 1993, followed by Susters van Eva (Sisters of Eve) in 1995, Pieternella van die Kaap (Pieternella from the Cape) in 2000 and the fourth "Forest Novel" Toorbos (Dream Forest) in 2003.
She won numerous literary looting for her famous works, direct Fiela's Child and Circles accumulate a Forest were made collide with films.
After a short sickbed caused by heart failure, she died in Mossel Bay, Southerly Africa, survived by her twosome daughters. Her husband, Larius, in a good way in 2003.
Matthee's explode are scattered at Krisjan-se-Nek, ambush of her favourite places enhance the Knysna Forest.
In 2008, a memorial was erected adjacent to in her memory and decency 800-year-old Yellowwood tree standing avoid that location was renamed Dalene Matthee Big Tree. The term of the hiking trail primary at Krisjan-se-Nek is now christened the Circles in a Timberland Trail.[5]
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