Roodt, Adriaan, 1911-1973
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found: Die Kaapse rebel, 1998:t.p. (Adriaan Roodt) p. 7 (pseudonym of Severus Gerhardus (Sep) Smidt, b. 4-3-11, d. 7-23-73)
found: Wikipedia, Afrikaans version, December 6, 2019(Sep Smidt; Severus Gerhardus (Sep) Smidt; born 2 April 1911 in Frankfort, Free State; died 23 July 1973, Durban; Afrikaans author who wrote more than 100 books under pseudonyms Donald Fouché, Adriaan Roodt, Gerhard van Heese (detective stories), and Johann van der Post (suspense stories); most of his tales appear under the name Johann van der Post; worked as a reporter for Die Vaderland, Pretoria; appointed as the newspaper's crime reporter, prompting friends to encourage him to do detective stories; he moved to Johannesburg along with the newspaper, wrote children's stories for the weekend issue; became a freelance writer 1938-1952, wrote true-life crime stories)
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1998-10-05: new
2019-12-07: revised
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