Margaret Bakkes

{{Short description|South African writer}}

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Margaret Bakkes (14 December 1931 – 29 June 2016) was a South African writer.

She was married to historian Cas Bakkes, and was the mother of four children: C. Johan Bakkes, Marius, Matilde, and Christiaan Bakkes, two of whom—Johannes and Christiaan—also became writers.{{cite web|url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2016/07/01/rus-in-vrede-margaret-bakkes-1931-2016|title=Rus in vrede, Margaret Bakkes (1931 - 2016)|work=bookslive.co.za|accessdate=2 July 2016|language=Afrikaans}}

Bakkes wrote more than thirty books and short stories in Afrikaans{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}

Bakkes died on 29 June 2016 at the age of 84.[http://remembered.co.za/margaret-bakkes-36524 Margaret Bakkes (1931 - 2016)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109045311/http://remembered.co.za/margaret-bakkes-36524 |date=9 January 2017 }}