Elizabeth Nell Dubus Explained

Death Date:[1]

Elizabeth Nell Dubus was an American novelist, teacher, community activist, and playwright.

Early life

Elizabeth Nell Dubus Michel Baldridge was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana 1933.[2] She attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana.[3]

Career

Dubus began to write professionally when she was forty years old. Her first published book was Cajun, which she had to start twice when a copier service lost most of her first draft. The first printing of Cajun sold out.[4] Dubus ultimately published a trilogy of books based on the Cajun and French culture of Louisiana (Cajun, Where Love Rules, and To Love and to Dream). Her autobiography was published posthumously in 2023.[5]

She authored novels and plays under the pen name Elizabeth Nell Dubus, which is her maiden name. Her first play, Mixed Doubles, was set in Lafayette, Louisiana and staged by the Baton Rouge Little Theater in 1984.[6] Her play Welcome Party was heralded by Playbill in 1999.[7]

Dubus wrote a weekly column "Conversations Over Coffee" in the Baton Rouge Enterprise, and for Gris Gris. She gathered these conversations into a non-fiction book on parenting, When a parent imposes limits: discipline, authority, and freedom in today's family, which she published under the name Beth Michel.

Dubus taught for the English departments of Louisiana State University,[8] the University of Lafayette, and Southern University. She co-created and directed a drama program at Angola State Prison.[9]

Selected publications

Personal life

Born into a literary family, she is the sister of writer Andre Dubus and Kathryn Dubus.Her daughter is the author DeLauné Michel, and her nephew is Andre Dubus III. Two of her cousins are writers, the mystery writer James Lee Burke and the novelist Alafair Burke.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tiger Nation . 2024-05-03 . issuu . en.
  2. Web site: Elizabeth Baldridge Obituary (2020) - New Orleans, LA - The Times-Picayune . 2024-05-03 . Legacy.com.
  3. News: Williams . Sydney . 1994-05-08 . Dubus didn't start writing career until 40 . 2024-04-20 . The Town Talk . 40.
  4. News: Manouvrier . Rebecca W. . 1983-04-27 . First printing of "Cajun" was an instant sellout . 2024-04-20 . Daily World . 19.
  5. Web site: . 10 September 2023  . 'A Louisiana Girlhood': UL Press publishes late Elizabeth Nell Dubus'  . 22 September 2023  . www.theadvocate.com  . The Advocate  .
  6. Web site: BATON ROUGE LITTLE THEATER'S MIXED DOUBLES (1984), interview in Louisiana: The State We're In. . 3 February 2023 . Louisiana Digital Media Archive . Louisiana Educational Television Authority.
  7. Web site: Filichia . Peter . STAGESTRUCK by Peter Filichia: The 1999 Straw Hat Awards . 3 February 2023 . PLAYBILL.
  8. Web site: 9 November 2020 . LSU Alumni Magazine . 2 February 2023 . issuu.
  9. Web site: The Times-Picayune . 2 February 2023 . obits.nola.com . The Times-Picayune.
  10. Reviews of Cajun
  11. Reviews of Where Love Rules
  12. Reviews of Twilight of the Dawn
    • News: Mills . Beth Ann . June 1, 1989 . Fiction -- Twilight of the Dawn by Elizabeth Nell Dubus . 114 . 144 . Library Journal . 10 . Proquest.
    • News: 1989-07-30 . 'Dawn' rises once again . 2024-04-20 . The Anniston Star . 52.
  13. Book: Larson . Susan . The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans . 5 September 2013 . Louisiana State University Press . 978-0-8071-5307-9 . 2013 . Baton Rouge . 3 February 2023.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Elizabeth Nell Dubus".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.