Jeanne Goosen

Jeanne Goosen (13 July 1938 – 3 June 2020) was a South African journalist, poet and writer. She wrote short stories, children's books, plays and award-winning novels.

Jeanne Goosen
Born13 July 1938
Parow, Cape Town
Died3 June 2020(2020-06-03) (aged 81)
Melkbosstrand, Western Cape, South Africa
NationalitySouth Africa
OccupationWriter, poet

Life

Jeanne Goosen was born in Parow, Cape Town.[1] She studied at the University of Cape Town.

Goosen was a controversial writer in Afrikaans.[2] She debuted in 1971 as a poet with Owl fly away, followed by Orrelpunte. Especially as a writer of prose she attained a prominent place in African literature. In We are not all like that, (translated into English by André Brink) life is illuminated by a white family from the lower middle class in the fifties, which gets involved in all sorts of problems. It is told from the perspective of the daughter, Gertie. The appearance caused a stir in South Africa because of the attention it drew to the existence of 'poor white'.[3]

The novel Daantjie Dreamer (1993) is about a family from the 1950s. The narrator is the daughter Bubbles, who wants to free herself from the environment in which she grew up. Through her conversations with her philosophically inclined brother Daantjie Dreamer, she comes to new insights about political matters and she is aware of her own identity.

Goosen died 3 June 2020, in Melkbosstrand, near Cape Town.[4]

Works
  • ’n Uil vlieg weg 1971 - (poetry)
  • Orrelpunte 1975 - (poetry)
  • Om ‘n mens na te boots 1975 -
  • ’n Kat in die sak 1986 -
  • Louoond 1987 -[5]
  • Ons is nie almal so nie 1990 -
  • Daantjie Dromer 1993 -
  • ’n Gelyke Kans 1995 - (short stories)
  • Wie is Jan Hoender? 2001 - (novella)
  • Straataf 2001 -
  • 'n Pawpaw vir my darling. Kwela. 15 December 2006. ISBN 978-0-7957-0357-7.
  • Desnieteenstaande 2003 - (cabaret)[6]
  • Plante kan praat. Kwela. 1 June 2010. ISBN 978-0-7957-0359-1.
  • Ons is nie almal so nie. Kwela. 1 April 2012. ISBN 978-0-7957-0358-4.

Works in English

References
  1. "Jeanne Goosen (1938–2020)". Litnet.co.za (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. "Jeanne Goosen". Good Reads (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. Goodwin, June; Schiff, Ben (1 January 1995). Heart of Whiteness: Afrikaners Face Black Rule in the New South Africa. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780684813653.
  4. "Jeanne Goosen sterf". OFM.co.za (in Afrikaans). Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  5. Attridge, Derek; Jolly, Rosemary (22 January 1998). Writing South Africa: Literature, Apartheid, and Democracy, 1970-1995. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521597685.
  6. Simon Trussler (19 November 1998). New Theatre Quarterly 55: Volume 14. Cambridge University Press. pp. 201–. ISBN 978-0-521-64851-6.
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