Margaret Bakkes
South African writer
Intro | South African writer | ||
Places | South Africa | ||
was | Writer Novelist | ||
Work field | Literature | ||
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Birth | 14 December 1931, Sterkstroom, Inkwanca Local Municipality, Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape | ||
Death | 29 June 2016 (aged 84 years) | ||
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Margaret Bakkes (14 December 1931 – 29 June 2016) was a South African writer. She was married to historian Cas Bakkes, and was the mother of four children: C. Johan Bakkes, Marius, Matilde, and Christiaan Bakkes, two of whom—Johannes and Christiaan—also became writers. She wrote more than thirty books and short stories in Afrikaans
She died on 29 June 2016 at the age of 84.