John van Melle

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John van Melle
Born	Johannes van Melle (1887-02-11)11 February 1887 Goes
Died	8 November 1953(1953-11-08) (aged 66)

John van Melle (11 February 1887 – 8 November 1953) was the pen name of a Dutch-born South African author. His real name was Johannes van Melle.

Van Melle was born in Goes. He arrived in South Africa in 1906, and after a short sojourn in the Netherlands East Indies, settled in South Africa permanently in 1913. He worked as a teacher in many rural schools and soon started to publish in both Dutch and the newly emerging Afrikaans language.

Van Melle's best known work is Bart Nel, a classic of Afrikaans literature. It tells the tale of a farmer whose indomitable spirit allows him to survive the destruction and loss of his farm in wartime and being abandoned by his wife and family.

External links

http://www.leidenuniv.nl/host/mnl/mnl/levens/55-56/melle.htm (in Afrikaans)

Authority control	VIAF: 7666685 ISNI: 0000 0000 2220 4312 BNF: cb150258491

Persondata
Name	Melle, John Van
Alternative names
Short description	South African writer
Date of birth	11 February 1887
Place of birth	Goes
Date of death	8 November 1953
Place of death

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