Joubert, Elsa

found: SANB correspondence with author, Nov. 21, 1978(full names: Joubert, Elsabé Antoinette Murray; married name: Steytler)

found: South African History Online, November 28, 2014Elsa Joubert (Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert (married surname Steytler) was born on 19 October 1922 in Paarl where she grew up, and studied at the universities of Stellenbosch (BA and SOD) and Cape Town (MA in Afrikaans-Nederlands). She has written numerous novels, short stories, travelogues and plays; full-time writer since 1948) - http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/elsa-joubert

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed June 24, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Joubert, Elsa; Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert; fiction writer; born 19 October 1922 in Paarl, South Africa; editor of women's pages of Huisgenoot, an influential Afrikaans family magazine (1946-1948); published books on Africa, including Suid van die wind (South of the Wind), Die staf van monomotapa (Cane of Monomotapa), and Water en woestyn (Water and Desert), among many (1962, 1964, 1975); particularly remembered for the novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (translated as The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena) (1978, 1980); published volumes of short stories: Melk (Milk), Dansmaat (Dancing Partner), and Twee vroue (Two Women), among many (1980, 1993, 2002); most recently wrote memoirs compiled in two lengthy volumes, 'n Wonderlikegeweld. Jeugherinneringe (A Wonderful Violence: Memories of a Youth) and the second volume, Reisiger. Die Limietbergeoor (Traveler: Beyond the Limit/Furthest Mountains) (2005, 2009))

found: News24 (website), Iconic SA author Elsa Joubert, 97, dies of Covid-19, 14 June 2020, viewed June 14, 2020(died Sunday [June 14] in Cape Town)