Background
Cloete, Stuart was born on July 23, 1897 in Paris, France. Son of Laurence and Edith Margaret (Park) Cloete.
Cloete, Stuart was born on July 23, 1897 in Paris, France. Son of Laurence and Edith Margaret (Park) Cloete.
Student Paris schools and Lancing College. Sussex, England.
Served in British Army as member Coldstream Guards, 1914-1925, and wounded in action, 1916 and 1918. Ranching in South Africa, 1925-1935. Visited United States, 1937.
Writing for several years, publishing first novel in 1937. Trustee South Africa Foundation.
Author: Turning Wheels, 1937. Watch For the Dawn, 1939. Yesterday is Dead, 1940.The Hill of Doves, 1941. The Young Men and the Old, 1941. Congo Song, 1943
Against These Three.The Third Way
Curve and the Tusk, 1952. The African Giant, 1955. Mamba, 1956
The Mask, 1957.Gazella, 1958
The Soldier’s Peaches and Other African Stories, 1959. The Fiercest Heart, 1960. The Silver Trumpet, 1961.West With the Sun, 1962. Rags of Glory, 1963
The Looking Glass, 1963. The Thousand and One Nights of Jean Macque, 1965.The Honey Bird, 1965. The Abductors, 1966
The Writing on the Wall, 1967. South Africa Land and People, 1968.How Young They Died, 1969. Three White Swans, 1971. A Victorian Son, 1971.The Gambler, 1973
More Nights of Jean Macque, 1975. Contributor to mags.
Served in British Army as. Member International Platform Association. Member Church of England.
Clubs: Guards, Savage (London).
Married Mildred Ellison, April.