John van Melle (February 11, 1887 - November 8, 1953) was the pen name of a Dutch-born South African author. His real name was Johannes van Melle. Van Melle 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. Van Melle's best known work is "Bart Nel", … Wikipedia
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