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 == Sources ==
-South African Jewry 1965. Edited by [[Leon Feldberg]].
+''[[South African Jewry]]'' 1965. Edited by [[Leon Feldberg]].
 [[Bertha Goudvis|Goudvis]], 2011

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-(6th April, 1876 - 3rd September, 1966) Hotelier, journalist, playwright and novelist. (The first name is sometimes wrongly written '''[[Berthe Goudvis]]''' in some sources)
+[[Bertha Goudvis]] (1876-1966) Hotelier, journalist, playwright and novelist.
-=Biography=
+(The first name is sometimes wrongly written '''[[Berthe Goudvis]]''' in some sources)
 The daughter of Jacob and Victoria Cinamon, Bertha Cinamon was born in Barrow-in-Furness in England on 6th April, 1876, and came to South Africa with her family at the age of five in 1881. She spent her youth trekking by ox-wagon across the country from one small mining town to another. Lived and worked in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Mozambique as a hotelier and journalist. She married Lucas Samuel Goudvis in 1896. They had two sons (one of whom was killed in a motor accident) and a daughter. Living and working among both English and [[Afrikaans]] communities, but belonging to neither because she was Jewish, Bertha was in a unique position to record early colonial attitudes. She was in touch with many of the people who feature in South Africa’s history books, including Rhodes, Lobengula, Kruger and Louis Botha.
-As journalist she was, amongst others, a correspondent for [[The Natal Mercury]] and a journalist for Johannesburg’s [[The Star]]. Published a bestselling novel, ''Little Eden'' in 1949 and a collection of her short stories ''The Mistress of Mooiplaas'' in 1956. In 2011 her autobiography (''South African Odyssey, The autobiography of Bertha Goudvis'') was published by  Picador, (Pan Macmillan, SA), edited by [[Marcia Leveson]].
+As journalist she was, amongst others, a correspondent for [[The Natal Mercury]] and a journalist for Johannesburg’s [[The Star]]. Published a bestselling novel, ''Little Eden'' in 1949 and a collection of her short stories ''The Mistress of Mooiplaas'' in 1956.
-=Contribution to South African theatre=
+==Contribution to South African theatre==
 Wrote a number of one-act plays,  including the extremely popular ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]'' (first performed 1917) and ''[[The Way the Money Goes]]''. They first appeared (with ''[[The Sergeant-in-Charge]]'' and ''[[Patriots]]'') in the collection  ''[[The Way the Money Goes and other plays]]'' (1925) and were both widely published afterwards.  ''[[The Aliens]]'' followed, published 1936, which won second prize in an international competition organised by the Jewish Drama League in London. Also wrote the libretto for a musical, ''[[Sunshine Land]]'' (1929). In the 1970’s the SABC also broadcast a TV version of ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]''.
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+== Sources ==
 South African Jewry 1965. Edited by [[Leon Feldberg]].
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 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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+== Return to ==
 Return to [[ESAT Personalities G]]

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 The daughter of Jacob and Victoria Cinamon, Bertha Cinamon was born in Barrow-in-Furness in England on 6th April, 1876, and came to South Africa with her family at the age of five in 1881. She spent her youth trekking by ox-wagon across the country from one small mining town to another. Lived and worked in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Mozambique as a hotelier and journalist. She married Lucas Samuel Goudvis in 1896. They had two sons (one of whom was killed in a motor accident) and a daughter. Living and working among both English and [[Afrikaans]] communities, but belonging to neither because she was Jewish, Bertha was in a unique position to record early colonial attitudes. She was in touch with many of the people who feature in South Africa’s history books, including Rhodes, Lobengula, Kruger and Louis Botha.
 As journalist she was, amongst others, a correspondent for [[The Natal Mercury]] and a journalist for Johannesburg’s [[The Star]]. Published a bestselling novel, ''Little Eden'' in 1949 and a collection of her short stories ''The Mistress of Mooiplaas'' in 1956. In 2011 her autobiography (''South African Odyssey, The autobiography of Bertha Goudvis'') was published by  Picador, (Pan Macmillan, SA), edited by [[Marcia Leveson]].
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 =Contribution to South African theatre=
-Wrote a number of one-act plays,  including the extremely popular ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]'' (first performed 1917) and ''[[The Way the Money Goes]]''. They first appeared (with ''[[The Sergeant-in-Charge]]'' and ''[[Patriots]]'') in the collection  ''[[The Way the Money Goes and other plays]]'' (1925) and were both widely published afterwards.  ''[[The Aliens]]'' followed, published 1936. Also wrote the libretto for a musical, ''[[Sunshine Land]]'' (1929). In the 1970’s the SABC also broadcast a TV version of ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]''.
+Wrote a number of one-act plays,  including the extremely popular ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]'' (first performed 1917) and ''[[The Way the Money Goes]]''. They first appeared (with ''[[The Sergeant-in-Charge]]'' and ''[[Patriots]]'') in the collection  ''[[The Way the Money Goes and other plays]]'' (1925) and were both widely published afterwards.  ''[[The Aliens]]'' followed, published 1936, which won second prize in an international competition organised by the Jewish Drama League in London. Also wrote the libretto for a musical, ''[[Sunshine Land]]'' (1929). In the 1970’s the SABC also broadcast a TV version of ''[[A Husband for Rachel]]''.
 = Sources =

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-(6th April, 1876 - 1966) Hotelier, journalist, playwright and novelist. Married  (The first name is sometimes wrongly written '''[[Berthe Goudvis]]''' in some sources)
+(6th April, 1876 - 3rd September, 1966) Hotelier, journalist, playwright and novelist. (The first name is sometimes wrongly written '''[[Berthe Goudvis]]''' in some sources)
 =Biography=
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 [[Business Day]] Live August 06 2012, 13:08[http://www.bdlive.co.za/articles/2011/04/05/about-the-author-bertha-goudvis;jsessionid=00B1A97005BFDFE6F2953AED529670E5.present2.bdfm]
 Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]

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	The daughter of Jacob and Victoria Cinamon, Bertha Cinamon was born in Barrow-in-Furness in England on 6th April, 1876, and came to South Africa with her family at the age of five in 1881. She spent her youth trekking by ox-wagon across the country from one small mining town to another. Lived and worked in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Mozambique as a hotelier and journalist. She married Lucas Samuel Goudvis in 1896. They had two sons (one of whom was killed in a motor accident) and a daughter. Living and working among both English and [[Afrikaans]] communities, but belonging to neither because she was Jewish, Bertha was in a unique position to record early colonial attitudes. She was in touch with many of the people who feature in South Africa’s history books, including Rhodes, Lobengula, Kruger and Louis Botha.		The daughter of Jacob and Victoria Cinamon, Bertha Cinamon was born in Barrow-in-Furness in England on 6th April, 1876, and came to South Africa with her family at the age of five in 1881. She spent her youth trekking by ox-wagon across the country from one small mining town to another. Lived and worked in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Mozambique as a hotelier and journalist. She married Lucas Samuel Goudvis in 1896. They had two sons (one of whom was killed in a motor accident) and a daughter. Living and working among both English and [[Afrikaans]] communities, but belonging to neither because she was Jewish, Bertha was in a unique position to record early colonial attitudes. She was in touch with many of the people who feature in South Africa’s history books, including Rhodes, Lobengula, Kruger and Louis Botha.
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		+	She wrote a play ''[[Aliens]]'' which won second prize in an international competition organised by the Jewish Drama League in London.

	As journalist she was, amongst others, a correspondent for [[The Natal Mercury]] and a journalist for Johannesburg’s [[The Star]]. Published a bestselling novel, ''Little Eden'' in 1949 and a collection of her short stories ''The Mistress of Mooiplaas'' in 1956. In 2011 her autobiography (''South African Odyssey, The autobiography of Bertha Goudvis'') was published by Picador, (Pan Macmillan, SA), edited by [[Marcia Leveson]].		As journalist she was, amongst others, a correspondent for [[The Natal Mercury]] and a journalist for Johannesburg’s [[The Star]]. Published a bestselling novel, ''Little Eden'' in 1949 and a collection of her short stories ''The Mistress of Mooiplaas'' in 1956. In 2011 her autobiography (''South African Odyssey, The autobiography of Bertha Goudvis'') was published by Picador, (Pan Macmillan, SA), edited by [[Marcia Leveson]].

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 =Biography=
-Born Bertha Cinamon in Barrow-in-Furness in England and came to South Africa from in 1881.She spent her youth trekking by ox-wagon across the country from one small mining town to another. Lived and worked in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Mozambique as a hotelier and journalist. Living and working among both English and [[Afrikaans]] communities, but belonging to neither because she was Jewish, Bertha was in a unique position to record early colonial attitudes. She was in touch with many of the people who feature in South Africa’s history books, including Rhodes, Lobengula, Kruger and Louis Botha.
+Born Bertha Cinamon in Barrow-in-Furness in England in 1876 and came to South Africa with her family in 1981, at the age of five. She spent her youth trekking by ox-wagon across the country from one small mining town to another. Lived and worked in South Africa, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)and Mozambique as a hotelier and journalist. Living and working among both English and [[Afrikaans]] communities, but belonging to neither because she was Jewish, Bertha was in a unique position to record early colonial attitudes. She was in touch with many of the people who feature in South Africa’s history books, including Rhodes, Lobengula, Kruger and Louis Botha.
 As journalist she was, amongst others, a correspondent for [[The Natal Mercury]] and a journalist for Johannesburg’s [[The Star]]. Published a bestselling novel, ''Little Eden'' in 1949 and a collection of her short stories ''The Mistress of Mooiplaas'' in 1956. In 2011 her autobiography (''South African Odyssey, The autobiography of Bertha Goudvis'') was published by  Picador, (Pan Macmillan, SA), edited by [[Marcia Leveson]].