Dianne Stewart (born 4 March 1952) is a South African author who has published over 40 books for adults and for children.
[1] She writes in English, and her books have been translated both into African languages, including Xhosa,[2] Zulu,[3] Sotho,[4] and Afrikaans,[5] and European languages, including French,[6] Spanish,[7] and Swedish.
[10] Stewart's book The Gift of the Sun: A Tale from South Africa (1996), with illustrations by Jude Daly, won the Smithsonian Notable Books for Children award in 1996.
degree in African Languages at the University of Natal, Stewart studied the Zulu and Xhosa work-songs of rural woman on sugar-cane farms on the KwaZulu-Natal coast.
[14] Stewart resides in Ballito, South Africa, and she grew up in the Eastern Cape.