Marie Linde

Born on 1 May 1894 in Cape Town, Cape Colony to a surveyor from Stellenbosch and minister's daughter from Tulbagh, Elizabeth Johanna Bosman grew up in a home surrounded by books in English and Dutch.{{sfn|De Kock|1968|page=33}} Due to poor health, she was initially home-schooled, absorbing the literary diversity of her home, and developing a keen eye for languages. The latter came to the fore in 1905 when, on a visit to Europe, she learned both French and German. She eventually attended Good Hope Seminary High School, leaving in 1913 to read modern languages at the University of Cape Town.{{sfn|Nienaber|1948|page=210}}

Initially a teacher of Dutch and Afrikans in Cape Town, she turned to writing full-time and published her first novel, Onder bevoorregte mense in 1925.{{sfn|Van Coller|2011|page=80}} This was also the first novel in Afrikaans to be translated in English, being issued as Among Privileged People, and was followed by a sequel, Bettie Maritz, five years later. She also wrote short stories, which were initially featured in magazines like Huisgenoot, later being compiled into collections for publication.{{sfn|Antonissen|1948|page=217}} As well as books, she wrote plays, including Die ongelyke worsteling and Beatriks Ursula.{{sfn|Dekker|1980|page=326}} She also created one of the first radio plays in Afrikaans, entitled Drie lewens or Three Lives, which was first broadcast in 1935.{{sfn|Pheiffer|1966|page=7}} She died on 28 September 1963 at home in Cape Town.{{sfn|De Kock|1968|page=33}}

:Onder bevoorregte mense (Among Privileged People), 1925{{sfn|Van Coller|2011|page=80}}

:Dina en Lalie (Dina and Lalie), 1927{{sfn|Van Coller|1998|page=396}}

:Die ongelyke worsteling (The unequal struggle), 1929{{sfn|Van Coller|1998|page=337}}

:Bettie Maritz, 1930{{sfn|Nienaber|Senekal|Bothma|1963|page=180}}

:Beatriks Ursula, 1932{{sfn|Van Coller|1998|page=126}}

:Drie toneelstukkies (Three plays), 1932{{sfn|Dekker|1980|page=326}}

:Die Roi Rotte en ander Verhale (The Red Rats and Other Stories), 1932{{sfn|Nienaber|Senekal|Bothma|1963|page=125}}

:Kaparrings en ander Verhale (Hijackings and other stories), 1935{{sfn|Nienaber|Senekal|Bothma|1963|page=125}}

:Knap kêrels en mooi nooiens (Handsome boyfriends and pretty girls), 1936{{sfn|Van Coller|1998|page=349}}

:Afrikaanse liederekrans (African song wreath), 1937{{sfn|Nienaber|1948|page=210}}

:’n Huis verdeeld (A house divided), 1943{{sfn|Van Coller|1998|page=396}}

:Op die ou trant (In the old fashioned way), 1944{{sfn|Dekker|1980|page=150}}

:Die huis met die horings (The house with the horns), 1944{{sfn|Dekker|1980|page=150}}

:Hoë polvye (High polvye), 1947{{sfn|Nienaber|1948|page=156}}

:Om die beurt (In turn), 1952{{sfn|Van Coller|1998|page=396}}

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• {{cite book | last=Antonissen | first=Rob | title=Schets van den ontwikkelingsgang der Zuidafrikaansche letterkunde | location=Driest | publisher=Pro Arte | year=1948 | oclc=637667281 | language=AF}}
• {{cite book | last=De Kock | first=Sita | title=Die Bosmans van Suid-Afrika, 1707-1965 | location=Pretoria | publisher=Van Schaik | year=1968 | oclc=814141210 | language=AF}}
• {{cite book | last=Dekker | first=Gerrit | title=Afrikaanse literatuurgeskiedenis | location=Bloemfontein | publisher=Nasou Beperk | year=1980 | isbn=978-0-62501-006-6 | language=AF}}
• {{cite book | last=Driver | first=Dorothy | title=Pauline Smith | location=Johannesburg | publisher=McGraw-Hill | year=1983 | isbn=978-0-07450-659-2}}
• {{cite journal | last=John | first=P. | title="O, my kuns!" ’n Semiotiese analise van die estetiese problematiek in Onder bevoorregte mense deur Marie Linde | journal=Tydskrif vir Letterkunde | volume=32 | number=2 | year=1994 | pages=12–24 | language=AF}}
• {{cite book | last=Nienaber | first=Petrus Johannes | title=Bibliografie van Afrikaanse boeke | location=Johannesburg | publisher=Nienaber | year=1948 | oclc=19948167 | language=AF}}}
• {{cite book | last1=Nienaber | first1=P.J. | last2=Senekal | first2=J.H | last3=Bothma | first3=T.C. | title=Mylpale in die geskiedenis van die Afrikaanse letterkunde | location=Johannesburg | publisher=Afrikaanse Pers-Boekhandel | year=1963 | oclc=43304606 | language=AF}}
• {{cite book | last=Pheiffer | first=R.H. | title=Dias En Ander Hoorspele van N.P. van Wyk Louw | location=Kaapstad | publisher=Academica | year=1966 | oclc=750012453 | language=AF}}}
• {{cite journal | last=Van Coller | first=S.H. | title=Literatuur in die marge: Die plek van die middelmoot-literatuur | journal=LitNet Akademies | volume=8 | number=2 | pages=66–89 | year=2011 | language=AF}}
• {{cite book | last=Van Coller | first=H.P. | title=Perspektief en profiel: 'n Afrikaanse literatuurgeskiedenis | location=Pretoria | publisher=Van Schaik | year=1998 | isbn=978-0-62702-406-1 | language=AF}}

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