Madeleine Massin

(1912-2007) Journalist, novelist, and playwright. ***Born of French extraction in Johannesburg, then went to study at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she obtained a PhD in Philosophy. Part of the resistance movement*Fled Europe during the Second World War and came to South Africa. Later returned to Europe, living largely in France, Married ** Rayner *** and had a son. Widowed she moved to Bosham, West Sussex in the 1990s. As novelist wrote many works on the Old Cape While here wrote and saw produced Tropicana (1939, a play in French), Puppet's Party (1941), Passport to Limbo (1942), Servant of God (1943), Fantasia in Three (1944), Home is the Hero (1944), The Heir (1945), Bitter Aloes (1945), Miranda (1945), The Mask of Youth (19**), Cry Hero (19**), No Room for Martyrs 919**), The Bronte Saga (19**),   Fossil’s Secret (19**), The Enigma of George Sands (19**)  .  Wrote one film Servant of God (retitled Maddalena). Golden Laurel Award as best film at Edinburgh Festival, 19**.