Barrie Hough

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Barrie Michael Hough (17 January 1953 – 2004) was a South African writer who wrote children's stories. He wrote in Afrikaans, and almost all of his works have been translated into English.^[1] He was joint winner of the Alba Bouwer Prize in 1990 for his work Droomwa.^[2] He also won the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature for Droomwa in 1990^[3] and the CP Hoogenhout Award that same year.^{[citation needed]}

Publications[]

• My cat Becomes Autumn (1986)
• Droomwa (1990)
• Wing Dance (1992)
• Skimmelstreke (1995)
• Turtles (1998)
• Break (2002) – with Lizz Meiring

Death[]

Hough suffered from depression and committed suicide in 2004 at the age of 51.^[4]

Awards[]

• 1990: Joint winner, Alba Bouwer Prize for Droomwa^[2]
• 1990: Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature, for Droomwa^[3]
• 1990:( CP Hoogenhout Award that same year^{[citation needed]}

References[]