Henriette Grové | |
Birth Name: | Hester Henriette Venter |
Birth Date: | 1922 9, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa |
Death Place: | Pretoria, Gauteng |
Nationality: | South African |
Spouse: | Alewyn Petrus Grové |
Known For: | Writer |
Footnotes: | Her nom de plume is Linda Joubert[1] |
Hester Henriette Grové(née Venter) (26 September 1922 – 15 December 2009)[2] was a South African writer of African origin.[3] She was married to the literary critic A.P. Grové.
She is best known for her short stories and her plays. She is one of the few writers to have won the Hertzog Prize in multiple categories. Radiodramas are Die Glasdeur and Die Goeie Jaar. A drama Die Bokamer . A short story is Swart Haan, collected in for instance "Moderne Afrikaanse Verhaalkuns", byeengebring en toeglig deur Dr. F.E.F. Malherbe.