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, instituted in 1956.
| Alba Bouwer Prize | |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans: Alba Bouwerprys vir Kinderliteratuur | |
| Awarded for | outstanding children's literature in Afrikaans |
| Sponsored by | South African Academy of Science and Arts |
| Country | South Africa |
Recipients
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Alba Bouwerprys". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
External links
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- South African Academy of Science and Arts (in Afrikaans)