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Elsa Joubert

1922 - 2020

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elsa Joubert is the 5,353rd most popular writer (up from 5,923rd in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from South Africa (up from 153rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular South African Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elsa Joubert ranks 5,353 out of 7,302. Before her are Michael Herr, Gunnel Vallquist, Jayakanthan, Jacques Laurent, Günther Jauch, and Park Yeon-mi. After her are Narcyza Żmichowska, Jan de Hartog, André Heller, Erico Verissimo, Matthew Henry, and Ramsey Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Elsa Joubert ranks 337. Before her are Blaga Aleksova, Damon Knight, Bhimsen Joshi, Irina Antonova, John Eisenhower, and Roscoe Lee Browne. After her are Kathryn Grayson, Milton H. Greene, María Luisa Bemberg, Ria Baran, Per Olof Sundman, and Margaret Leighton. Among people deceased in 2020, Elsa Joubert ranks 529. Before her are Noël Vandernotte, Slaven Zambata, Giovanni Battista Rabino, Wolfgang Clement, Julio Anguita, and Marko Elsner. After her are Agathonas Iakovidis, Kevin Conway, Caroline Cellier, Franca Valeri, Sergei Slonimsky, and Karl Dall.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Elsa Joubert ranks 141 out of 454. Before her are Trevor Rabin (1954), John McDowell (1942), Christian Gitsham (1888), Steve Nash (1974), William Kentridge (1955), and Harold Kitson (1874). After her are Daphne Hasenjäger (1929), Andrew Murray (1828), Phil Ramone (1934), George Hunter (1927), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), and Gerald Dreyer (1929).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Elsa Joubert ranks 14. Before her are Ronald Harwood (1934), Laurens van der Post (1906), Athol Fugard (1932), Alan Paton (1903), Deon Meyer (1958), and Gcina Mhlophe (1958). After her are Andrew Murray (1828), Karel Schoeman (1939), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Fatima Meer (1928), Bessie Head (1937), and John Langalibalele Dube (1871).

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