Elsa Joubert

Elsa Joubert

Elsa Joubert (OIS), born as Elsabé Antoinette Murray on 19 October 1922 in Paarl, is an Afrikaans-speaking South African writer.

Elsa 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, Elsa Joubert taught at the "Hoër Meisieskool", 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. Elsa Joubert rose to prominence with her novel "Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena", which was translated into 13 languages and also staged as a drama.

Awards

* fellow of the British Royal Society of Literature
* honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University (2001)
* Eugène Marais Prize for "Ons wag op die kaptein" (1964)
* CNA Prize for "Bonga" (1971)
* W.A. Hofmeyr Prize, for "Poppy Nongena" (1979)
* W.A. Hofmeyr Prize and Hertzog Prize for "Die reise van Isobelle"
* Louis Luyt Prize and CNA Prize (1997)
* Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize of the British Royal Society for "Poppie"
* Olivier Award for the best play (London)
* Obi Award for best script (New York)
* Hertzog Prize for prose (1998)

List of works

Travelogues

* "Water en woestyn (Uganda en Kaïro)", Dagbreek Boekhandel, 1957
* "Die verste reis (Wes-Europa)", 1959
* "Suid van die wind (Madagaskar)", 1962
* "Ons wag op die kaptein" - "To die at sunset", Tafelberg, 1963
* "Die staf van Monomotapa (Mosambiek)", 1964
* "Swerwer in die Herfsland (Oos-Europa)", 1968
* "Die nuwe Afrikaan (Angola)", Tafelberg, 1974
* "Gordel van Smarag (Indonesië)", Tafelberg, 1997

Novels and Short Stories

* "Die Wahlerbrug", Tafelberg, 1969
* "Bonga", Tafelberg, 1971
* "Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena", Tafelberg, 1978 - "The long journey of Poppie Nongena" (1980), translated into 13 languages and also put to the stage as drama.
* "Melk" (Short Stories), Tafelberg, 1980
* "Die laaste Sondag" - "The last Sunday", Tafelberg, 1983
* "Poppie — die drama", (co-author Sandra Kotzé), 1984
* "Die vier vriende", 1985 - "The four friends" (1987) (children's book)
* "Missionaris", 1988
* "Dansmaat" (Short Stories), Tafelberg, 1993
* "Die reise van Isobelle", Tafelberg, 1995
* "Twee Vroue", Tafelberg, 2002


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