The Alba Bouwer Prize (Afrikaans: Alba Bouwerprys vir Kinderliteratuur) is a prize for outstanding children's literature in Afrikaans, awarded triennially by the South African Academy of Science and Arts.[1] Works qualifying for the prize should have been published within the preceding three years, and be intended for under-12s. The prize is named in honour of children's author Alba Bouwer (1920–2010), herself a three-time winner of the Academy's Scheepers Prize for youth literature [af], instituted in 1956.

Alba Bouwer Prize
Afrikaans: Alba Bouwerprys vir Kinderliteratuur
Awarded foroutstanding children's literature in Afrikaans
Sponsored bySouth African Academy of Science and Arts
CountrySouth Africa

Recipients

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Alba Bouwer Prize recipients[2][3]
Year Author Title
1989 Freda Linde Strepie en Kurfie (1987)
1992 Barrie Hough Droomwa (1990)
Marietjie de Jongh Braam en die engel (1991)
1995 Corlia Fourie Die towersak en ander stories (1994)
Die wit vlinder (1993)
1998 Philip de Vos Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie (1995)
2001 Martie Preller Die Balkie-boek (2000)
2004 Leon de Villiers Droomoog Diepgrawer (2003)
2007 Jaco Jacobs Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies (2005)
2010 Linda Rode In die Nimmer-Immer-bos (2009)
2013 Elizabeth Wasserman Anna Atoom-reeks (2012)
2016 Kobus Geldenhuys Hoekom die walvisse gekom het (a translation of Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo)
2019 Jaco Jacobs Moenie hierdie boek eet nie! (2016)

References

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  1. ^ Official list Archived 2008-02-15 at the Wayback Machine of prizes and awards of the South African Academy of Science and Arts (in Afrikaans). Accessed 31 January 2008.
  2. ^ List of recipients of the Alba Bouwer Prize Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine at storiewerf.co.za (in Afrikaans). Accessed 26 January 2008.
  3. ^ "Alba Bouwerprys". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
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