Elisabeth Eybers

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Elisabeth Eybers
Taalles, a poem by Eybers on a Dutch house wall

Elisabeth Françoise Eybers (born February 16, 1915 in Klerksdorp ; † December 1, 2007 in Amsterdam ) was a South African - Dutch poet . She wrote in Afrikaans and received numerous Dutch and South African literary awards. She is considered to be the first woman to become known for poetry written in Afrikaans.

Life

Eybers grew up as the daughter of a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa in Schweizer-Reneke . After graduating from high school , she studied at the University of Witwatersrand and earned a Bachelor of Arts cum laude . She worked as a journalist and married the businessman Albert Wessels, with whom she had three daughters and a son. It belonged to the movement of the Dertigers ("Thirties"), which had set itself the goal of renewing Afrikaans literature. The themes of her poems are mostly life as a woman and as a mother.

As early as 1943 she received the Hertzogprys for poetry, the most important prize for literature in Afrikaans. She won the award again in 1971; further prizes followed in South Africa and the Netherlands, where she was awarded the prestigious PC-Hooft-Prijs in 1991 . A few months before her death, she received the South African Order of Ikhamanga in gold.

In 1961 she divorced and took Dutch citizenship . Until his death in 1994 she lived with the Dutch economist Pieter Hennipman, for whom she moved to Amsterdam and whom she married in 1974.

Awards

Works

  • 1936: Belydenis in the skemering
  • 1939: the avontuur style
  • 1945: The vrou en other verse
  • 1946: The other dors
  • 1950: Tussensang
  • 1956: Helder halfjaar
  • 1957: Versamelde honored
  • 1958: Neerslag
  • 1962: Balans
  • 1965: Onderdak
  • 1973: Kruis of munt
  • 1977: Einder
  • 1978: Honored 1958–1973
  • 1982: existing
  • 1985: Dryfsand
  • 1987: Rymdwang
  • 1987: Twee honored
  • 1987: Miskien (vouwblad)
  • 1989: Noodluik
  • 1989: Vyf Verse
  • 1990: Versamelde honored
  • 1993: Respyt
  • 1995: Nuweling
  • 1996: Tydverdryf / Pastime
  • 1997: Verbruikersverse / Consumer's verse
  • 1999: Winter surplus
  • 2005: Valreep / Stirrup Cup
  • 2008: Klinkklaar (with CD)
  • 2013: My radarhart laat niks ontglip

German editions

  • 1985: Twelve Poems. Aldus press, Reicheneck.
  • 1993: Noodluik / emergency exit. Aldus press, Reicheneck.
  • 1995: n 'Pastoriedogter. Aldus press, Reicheneck.

Web links

Commons : Elisabeth Eybers  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Portrait on the website of the South African Presidential Office (English), accessed on April 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Eybers, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eybers, Elisabeth Françoise (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Klerksdorp
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 2007
Place of death Amsterdam