Alba Bouwer Prize

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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

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  [af], instituted in 1956.

Recipients[]

Recipients of the Alba Bouwer Prize are:[2][3]

  • 1989 Freda Linde, Strepie en Kurfie (1987)
  • 1992 Joint winners:
  • 1995 Corlia Fourie, Die towersak en ander stories (1994) and Die wit vlinder (1993)
  • 1998 , Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie (1995)
  • 2001 , Die Balkie-boek (2000)
  • 2004 Leon de Villiers, Droomoog Diepgrawer (2003)
  • 2007 Jaco Jacobs, Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies (2005)
  • 2010 , In die Nimmer-Immer-bos (2009)
  • 2013 , 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[]

  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. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-21. Retrieved 2010-08-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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