Elizabeth Nell Dubus
Elizabeth Nell Dubus (October 26, 1933 – August 30, 2020) was an American novelist, teacher, community activist, and playwright. A founder of the Baton Rouge Arts Council, she helped launch the first annual Arts Festival, Fest For All.[1][2]
Early life, family, and career
Elizabeth Nell Dubus Michel "Beth" Baldridge was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on October 26, 1933, the middle child of Katherine (Burke) and André Jules Dubus.[3] Born into a literary family, she is the sister of writer Andre Dubus and Kathryn Dubus.
Her family also includes actress and author DeLauné Michel (daughter), mystery writer James Lee Burke[4](first cousin), author Andre Dubus III (author of House of Sand and Fog, her nephew), and lawyer and author Alafair Burke (cousin)[5]
She authored novels and plays under the pen name Elizabeth Nell Dubus.[1]
Author and playwright
Elizabeth Nell Dubus published a trilogy of books based on the Cajun and French culture of Louisiana (Cajun, Where Love Rules, and To Love and to Dream, in the US, UK and France. Her autobiography was published posthumously in 2023 by UL Press.[6] She was a playwright, with plays published and produced across the United States. She also co-created and directed a drama program at Angola State Prison.[1] Her original play, “Mixed Doubles,” set in Lafayette, Louisiana, was staged by the Baton Rouge Little Theater in 1984.[7] Other plays include:
- Welcome Party (1999)[8]
Novels
- Cajun, (1983, Putnam Adult)[9]
- Beau-Chêne (1985, Presses De La Renaissance)[10]
- Where Love Rules (1985, Putnam Publishing Group)[11]
- L'enjeu de Beau-chene (1986, France Loisirs)[12]
- Comme un Feu Eternel (1989, France-Loisirs — Presses De La Renaissance)[13]
- To Love and to Dream (1986, Putnam Publishing Group)[14]
- Le Dernier Rêve De Beau-chêne (1987, Presses De La Renaissance)[15]
- Twilight of the Dawn (1988, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd.)[16]Reviewed[17]
Volunteerism
As a founder of the Baton Rouge Arts Council, she helped launch the first annual Arts Festival, Fest For All. In 1978 she was awarded the Volunteer Activist Award for her efforts to make the arts a central part of the Baton Rouge community.[1]
Journalism
Dubus wrote a weekly column "Conversations Over Coffee" in the Baton Rouge Enterprise,[1] and for Gris Gris.
Teaching
Dubus taught for the English departments of Louisiana State University[18], the University of Lafayette, and Southern University.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "The Times-Picayune". obits.nola.com. The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ (September 2023 ). "'Elizabeth Nell Dubus'". www.louisianabookfestival.org . 19th Annual Louisiana Book Festival . Retrieved 22 September 2023 . Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "Ancestry.com, 1940 Census". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ↑ Masciotra, David (May 24, 2022). "JAMES LEE BURKE ON PERSONAL TRAGEDY, NATIONAL TRAUMA, AND THE SEARCH FOR SALVATION". Crime Reads.
- ↑ Larson, Susan (5 September 2013). The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans (2013 ed.). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-5307-9. Retrieved 3 February 2023. Search this book on
- ↑
(10 September 2023 ). "'A Louisiana Girlhood': UL Press publishes late Elizabeth Nell Dubus'". www.theadvocate.com . The Advocate . Retrieved 22 September 2023 . Check date values in:
|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ "BATON ROUGE LITTLE THEATER'S MIXED DOUBLES (1984), interview in Louisiana: The State We're In". Louisiana Digital Media Archive. Louisiana Educational Television Authority. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ↑ Filichia, Peter. "STAGESTRUCK by Peter Filichia: The 1999 Straw Hat Awards". PLAYBILL. PLAYBILL. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ↑ Denizarslani, Yonca (2019). "Colonial Subjects Torn between Empires and Gods: Acadian Heritage in Elizabeth Nell Dubus's Cajun". Journal of American Studies of Turkey. Retrieved 3 February 2023 – via Academia.edu.
- ↑ "Abe Books". Abe Books.
- ↑ "Abe Books". Abe Books. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ "Abe Books". Abe Books. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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- ↑ "Abe Books". Abe Books. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ "Abe Books". Abe Books. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- ↑ Mills, Beth Ann (June 1, 1989). "Fiction -- Twilight of the Dawn by Elizabeth Nell Dubus". Library Journal. 114 (10). p. 144 – via Proquest.
- ↑ "LSU Alumni Magazine". issuu. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
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