Irma Joubert Explained

Irma Joubert
Birth Date:28 August 1947
Nationality:South African
Alma Mater:University of Pretoria
Occupation:Novelist

Irma Joubert[1] is a South African author and recipient of the ATKV Prize for Romance Novels. Her novel Anderkant Pontenilo[2] has been recognised in South Africa as one of the 20 best books published in the country since the advent of democracy in 1994.

Biography

A graduate of the University of Pretoria, Joubert was a high school teacher for 35 years before retiring in 2004 to focus on her writing. The following year, while working as a freelance journalist, she was the recipient of the Media24 award for Specialist Journalist of the Year and was a finalist in the Mondi journalism awards.

Joubert's current literary focus is on historical novels. Her Tussen stasies[3] trilogy, consisting of Ver wink die Suiderkruis,[4] Tussen stasies en Tolbos,[5] together with her Pontenilo trilogy: Anderkant Pontenilo,[6] Pérsomi,[7] and Kronkelpad,[8] have all been translated into Dutch, and have all featured among the Top 10 best sellers on publication.

Tussen stasies has been translated into German and in 2015 was published in English by US publisher HarperCollins under the title The Girl from the Train.[9] She has completed the second book in her third trilogy.

Awards and accolades

In 2008, Joubert featured as one of three finalists in the ATKV literary awards for Tussen Stasies, and in 2010 she won an ATKV award for Anderkant Pontenilo. In 2014, she was the recipient of the Netherlands' BCB Publieksprijs[10] for Kronkelpad, while Anderkant Pontenilo has been recognised in South Africa as one of the 20 best South African books since the advent of democracy in 1994.

Joubert was awarded the University of Pretoria's Tuks Laureate Award[11] in 2014, the highest recognition accorded to the university's alumni.

Published works

First trilogy:

Second trilogy:

Third trilogy (in progress):

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tafelberg Our Authors Irma Joubert. www.tafelberg.com. 2018-01-09.
  2. Web site: NB Publishers | Home .
  3. https://boekensie.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/tussen-stasies-irma-joubert/ Tussen stasies
  4. Web site: Ver Wink Die Suiderkruis . 2022-09-12 . Goodreads . en.
  5. Web site: Tolbos . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  6. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15761183-anderkant-pontenilo?ac=1&from_search=true Anderkant Pontenilo
  7. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13279937-persomi?ac=1&from_search=true Pérsomi
  8. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13557977-kronkelpad?ac=1&from_search=true Kronkelpad
  9. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24689357-the-girl-from-the-train The Girl from the Train
  10. http://www.bcbplein.nl/pages/sub/25822/publieksprijs.html BCB Publieksprijs
  11. http://www.up.ac.za/en/alumni/article/256596/laureate-awards Tuks Laureate Award
  12. Web site: Veilige Hawe . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  13. Web site: Tuiskoms . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  14. Web site: Verbode drif . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  15. Web site: Ver Wink Die Suiderkruis . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  16. Web site: Tussen Stasies . 2022-09-12 . Goodreads . en.
  17. Web site: Tolbos . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  18. Web site: Anderkant Pontenilo . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  19. Web site: Persomi . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  20. Web site: Kronkelpad . 2022-09-12 . www.goodreads.com.
  21. Web site: Immer wes (Oorlogstrilogie, #1) . 2022-09-12 . Goodreads . en.
  22. Web site: Mentje - Kind van die Pas-Opkamp (Oorlogstrilogie, #2) . 2022-09-12 . Goodreads . en.
  23. Book: Graffiti. Na 'n plaas in Afrika: Irma Joubert. en.

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