Naudé, Adèle (1910–1981)
Naudé, Adèle (1910–1981)
South African poet and travel writer. Name variations: Adele Naude. Born 1910 in Pretoria, South Africa; died 1981.
Wrote Stroeihoed en Sonbril (1965) and Tousandale aan my Voete (1968) about travels with husband through North America, Middle East, and Europe; published 4 vols. of poetry in English, Pity the Spring (1953), No Longer at Ease (1956), Only a Setting Forth (1965) and Time and Memory (1974); also published book of photographs of 19th-century Cape Town, Cape Album (1979).
See also memoir Rondebosch and Round About (1973).
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