| LC control no. | n 83000733 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Van Melle, J. (Johannes), 1887-1953 |
| Variant(s) | Van Melle, Johannes, 1887-1953 Melle, J. van (Johannes van), 1887-1953 Van Melle, John, 1887-1953 |
| Other standard no. | 7666685 |
| Associated country | South Africa |
| Birth date | 1887-02-11 |
| Death date | 1953-11-08 |
| Place of birth | Goes (Netherlands) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Teachers |
| Found in | His Keur uit die verhale van J. Van Melle, 1972. peoplepill.com website viewed August 20, 2020: John van Melle ((11 February 1887 - 8 November 1953) was the pen name of a Dutch-born South African author. His real name was Johannes van Melle. He was born in Goes. 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. His best known work is the novel Bart Nel, a classic of Afrikaans literature) <https://peoplepill.com/people/john-van-melle/> |
| Associated language | afr dut |
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