WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elsa Joubert has received more than 59,620 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Elsa Joubert is the 5,923rd most popular writer (down from 5,431st in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 137th in 2019) and the 14th most popular South African Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 60k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena
Apartheid, Black Women, Fiction
1980
Poppie, die drama
1984
Bonga
1971
Melk
2014
Die Wahlerbrug
1969
Die Swerfjare Van Poppie Nongena
1978

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elsa Joubert ranks 5,923 out of 7,302. Before her are Naomi Novik, Juris Alunāns, William Cobbett, Samuel Benchetrit, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, and Bano Qudsia. After her are Daína Chaviano, Ellen Niit, Giuseppe Berto, Tim LaHaye, Kåre Holt, and Hanya Yanagihara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Elsa Joubert ranks 386. Before her are Royal Dano, Charles Brown, Herbert Schade, Roberto Lovera, Héctor Rossetto, and Janis Paige. After her are Jeanne Sauvé, Valentine Telegdi, Jacques Pollet, Arthur Hill, Haskell Wexler, and Alain de Changy. Among people deceased in 2020, Elsa Joubert ranks 594. Before her are Rajko Đurić, Óscar Chávez, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, Tony Dunne, Grant Imahara, and Charlie Daniels. After her are Fritz d'Orey, Gabriel Ochoa Uribe, Horst Meyer, Miguel Jones, José Jiménez Lozano, and MF Doom.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Elsa Joubert ranks 152 out of 454. Before her are Grace Mugabe (1965), Eddie Kramer (1942), William Kentridge (1955), Corrie Sanders (1966), Doug Serrurier (1920), and Gavin Hood (1963). After her are J. L. B. Smith (1897), Cecil McMaster (1895), Cariba Heine (1988), Benni McCarthy (1977), Desiré Wilson (1953), and Lesley-Ann Brandt (1981).

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Among WRITERS In South Africa

Among writers born in South Africa, Elsa Joubert ranks 14. Before her are Laurens van der Post (1906), Breyten Breytenbach (1939), Deon Meyer (1958), Ingrid Jonker (1933), Alan Paton (1903), and Andrew Murray (1828). After her are Antjie Krog (1952), Athol Fugard (1932), Karel Schoeman (1939), Damon Galgut (1963), Bessie Head (1937), and John Langalibalele Dube (1871).

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