Elisabeth Françoise Eybers (26 February 1915 – 1 December 2007) was a South Africanpoet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she translated some of her own work (and those of others) into English.
After her graduation she became a journalist. In 1937 Eybers married the businessman Albert Wessels, with whom she had three daughters and a son. Counted among the so-called Dertigers, she became the first Afrikaans woman to win the Hertzog Prize for poetry in 1943. She won the prize again in 1971.
Eybers' first collection of poems, Belydenis in die Skemering ("Confession at twilight"), was published in 1936. Her second collection, Die Stil Avontuur ("The silent adventure"), was published in 1939 and was mainly about being a mother.
Die Vrou en ander verse (The woman and other poems) was published in 1945 while her fourth poetry collection, Die Ander Dors (The other thirst) was published in 1946.
Many other poetry collections followed regularly, including:
After her divorce in 1961 she met Pieter Hennipman. They were married from 1974 until his death in 1994.[4] She lived in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and she was buried at Zorgvlied cemetery.