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'''Hester Henriette Venter''' (1922–2009), best known under her married name '''Henriette Grové''' and the pen name '''Linda Joubert''' was an award-winning South African ([[Afrikaans]]) writer and dramatist. In the 1960s she published popular short stories under the pen name Linda Joubert. She received the [[Hertzog Prize]] twice, for Drama in 1981 and for Prose in 1984. She was married to the academic [[A.P. Grové]].
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'''Hester Henriette Venter''' (1922–2009), best known under her married name '''Henriette Grové''' and the pen name '''Linda Joubert''' was an award-winning South African ([[Afrikaans]]) writer and dramatist. In the 1960s she published popular short stories under the pen name Linda Joubert. She received the [[Hertzog Prize]] twice, for Drama in 1981 and for Prose in 1984. She was married to the academic and literary critic A.P. Grové.
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==

Revision as of 06:10, 1 August 2016

Hester Henriette Venter (1922–2009), best known under her married name Henriette Grové and the pen name Linda Joubert was an award-winning South African (Afrikaans) writer and dramatist. In the 1960s she published popular short stories under the pen name Linda Joubert. She received the Hertzog Prize twice, for Drama in 1981 and for Prose in 1984. She was married to the academic and literary critic A.P. Grové.

Biography

Youth

Training

Career

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

Her first drama was Die Bokamer (1960) and the second was Die Onwillige Weduwee (1964). She wrote a large number of radio dramas of which some were adapted for the stage, including Soos Gras is Sy Dae (1951), Die Goeie Jaar, Die Glasdeur and Halte 49. Her popular novels include Meulenhof se Mense and Die Laat Lente.



Awards, etc

Sources

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