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Dalene Matthee

    October 13, 1938 – February 20, 2005

    Dalene Matthee achieved international acclaim for her evocative "forest novels," which delve into the exploitation of both nature and its inhabitants. Her narrative voice is powerful, exploring the profound connections between humanity and the natural world, often through the lens of marginalized characters. Through her work, Matthee critically examined societal injustices and the impact of human actions on the environment. Her significant contributions to South African literature continue to resonate with readers and have been recognized through acclaimed film adaptations.

    Der Lilienwald
    Unter dem Kalanderbaum. Roman
    Unter dem Kalander Baum
    Fiela's Child
    Circles in a Forest
    Framing the Child
    • Framing the Child

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      Intended for teaching photography and media literacy in primary schools, illustrated with examples of photographs, many taken with a 35mm Konica Pop. The book enables teachers to help children to gain control of the camera and capture what they want in a photograph.

      Framing the Child
    • Born and bred into the tawny magnificence of Africa, Saul would fight to save the vanishing world of his inheritance.

      Circles in a Forest
    • Fiela's Child

      • 357 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
      3.9(660)Add rating

      In Africa a child wanders too far into the Knysna Forest. He never returns. Nine years later, two government officials, working on a census, find a white child living with a Coloured family in the mountains on the other side of the forest.

      Fiela's Child