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Johannes Melle
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His real name was Johannes van Melle. 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 the novel Baronet Nel, a classic of Afrikaans literature.
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Born
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November 8, 1953 (aged 66) -
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South Africa