Dalene Matthee dies
2005-02-20 18:33
Mossel Bay - Dalene Matthee, the well known Afrikaans author, died in a hospital in Mossel Bay on Sunday morning, SABC news reports.
Matthee was admitted to hospital on Friday after falling ill, according to her daughter, Hilary.
The 66-year-old Matthee is famous for her books, Fiela's Child and Circles in a Forest
Several of her books have been translated into fourteen different languages and she has also won numerous prizes for her work.
She was born in Riversdale in 1938 and is the mother of three daughters.
Sapa reports that
Matthee penned more than a dozen novels including Circles in a
Forest - an instant bestseller when it was published in 1984 - and
Fiela's Child published in 1986 and later adapted into a film.
Many of her books, written in Afrikaans, and translated - in
some cases into almost a dozen languages - are included as prescribed
literature for students in South Africa and abroad.
Matthee was born in Riversdal
in 1938.
She studied music, but later turned to writing children's
studies, short stories and novels that earned her a host of prizes.
Her most recent work was a novel titled Dreamforest.
Buy books by Dalene Matthee:
Fiela's Child
Fiela se KindCircles in a forest
Kringe in 'n bos
Dream Forest
Toorbos