Elsa Joubert

Elsa Joubert
Born
Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert

(1922-10-19)19 October 1922
Paarl, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Died14 June 2020(2020-06-14) (aged 97)
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
OccupationWriter
LanguageAfrikaans
NationalitySouth African
Alma materUniversity of Stellenbosch

Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert OIS (19 October 1922 – 14 June 2020) was a Sestigers Afrikaans-language writer. She rose to prominence with her novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena), which was translated into 13 languages, as well as staged as a drama and filmed as Poppie Nongena.

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