Lina Spies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetLina Spies
South African poet
Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1939
Place of Birth: Harrismith, Free State, South Africa
Profession: writer, poet
Nationality: South Africa
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Lina Spies
- Carellina Pieternella (Lina) Spies (born 6 March 1939 in Harrismith, in North-Eastern Free State South Africa) is an Afrikaans poet and academic. She received both the 1972 Eugène Marais Prize and 1972 Ingrid Jonker Prize, for her first volume of poetry, Digby vergenoeg. For most of her career as university professor Spies taught Afrikaans and Dutch literature.
- Her last position before retiring was at the University of Stellenbosch.
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