Linda Rode was born on 3 July 1937 at Ladismith, Western Cape.
She matriculated at the Hoërskool Langenhoven in Riversdal in 1954 and
studied at Stellenbosch University, where she obtained an Honours degree in
German and a Teacher's Diploma (1963).
She taught school in Calvinia, in Hermannsburg, at the Pionierskool in
Worcester (school for the blind) and at Herzlia in Cape Town and works as a free-lance translator for publishers.
Linda is married to Erwin Rode. They live in Bellville and have two children.
Hobbies: Hiking and mountaineering
In Die Nimmer-Immer-Bos / In the Never-ever Wood Illustrator: Fiona Moodie Tafelberg Publishers, 2009 | Crossing Over - New Writing for a New South Africa Compiler: Linda Rode; Jakes Gerwel Kwela Books, 1998 | Another kind of one nation: Volume 1 Another Kind of One Nation Compiler: Hans Bodenstein; Linda Rode | In the Rapids: New South African Stories Compiler: Linda Rode; Jakes Gerwel |
Co-compiler of:
Keerpunt (Crossing Over), Another Kind of One Nation, Ek, 'n lewende pyl (I, a
living arrow).
Stroomversnelling (with Jakes Gerwel)
Amabali MaTshona KweLanga: Level 2: Udade Wethu Omncinci: (Grade 2)
(with UCT School of Education)
Dipale tsa ka borwa ho letsatsi: (Stories South of the Sun: South-Sotho)
Compiler: Christel Bodenstein; Hans Bodenstein;Linda Rode
Click for web page at Tafelberg Publishers