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105 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1980
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Elsa Joubert
25 books20 followersElsa (Elsa) Antoinette Murray Joubert was the author of several (travel) books that concern themselves with life in Africa, the relationships between people and the conflicts between cultures.
Joubert grew up in Paarl and matriculated from the all-girls school La Rochelle in Paarl in 1939. She then studied at the University of Stellenbosch from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942 and an SED (Secondary Education Diploma) in 1943. She continued her studies at the University of Cape Town which she left with a Master's degree in Dutch-Afrikaans literature at in 1945.
After graduating, she taught at an all-girls high school in Cradock, then worked as the editor of the women’s pages of Huisgenoot, a well-known Afrikaans family magazine, from 1946 to 1948. She then started writing full-time and travelled extensively in Africa, from the springs of the Nile in Uganda, through the Sudan, to Cairo, as well as to Mozambique, Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, and Angola. She also visited Indonesia.
In 1950 Elsa Joubert married Klaas Steytler, a journalist and later publisher and author, who died in 1998. She has three children, two daughters and one son, and lives in Oranjezicht, Cape Town.
Her novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena , has been translated into 13 languages and also staged as a drama.
Joubert grew up in Paarl and matriculated from the all-girls school La Rochelle in Paarl in 1939. She then studied at the University of Stellenbosch from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942 and an SED (Secondary Education Diploma) in 1943. She continued her studies at the University of Cape Town which she left with a Master's degree in Dutch-Afrikaans literature at in 1945.
After graduating, she taught at an all-girls high school in Cradock, then worked as the editor of the women’s pages of Huisgenoot, a well-known Afrikaans family magazine, from 1946 to 1948. She then started writing full-time and travelled extensively in Africa, from the springs of the Nile in Uganda, through the Sudan, to Cairo, as well as to Mozambique, Mauritius, Réunion, Madagascar, and Angola. She also visited Indonesia.
In 1950 Elsa Joubert married Klaas Steytler, a journalist and later publisher and author, who died in 1998. She has three children, two daughters and one son, and lives in Oranjezicht, Cape Town.
Her novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena , has been translated into 13 languages and also staged as a drama.
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December 17, 2019
Elsa Joubert kan uitstekende kortverhale skryf. Veral die titelverhaal, loshande die mees treffende verhaal in die bundel, skop die leser tussen die oë soos 'n muil. Haar woorde sing, haar sinne knetter - in hierdie bundel lewer sy van die beste skryfwerk in haar oeuvre.
Elsa Joubert's short stories are highlights in her oeuvre. Especially the title story in this collection strikes the reader mercilessly between the eyes.
Elsa Joubert's short stories are highlights in her oeuvre. Especially the title story in this collection strikes the reader mercilessly between the eyes.
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