Marie Linde

Marie Linde
Marie Linde
Born	Elizabeth Johanna Bosman (1894-05-01)1 May 1894 Cape Town, Cape Colony
Died	28 September 1963(1963-09-28) (aged 69) Cape Town, South Africa
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.