Alan Paton Award

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The Alan Paton Award is a South African literary award.

The Alan Paton Nonfiction Award has been presented by the Sunday Times newspaper since 1989 for non-fiction books. He is part of The Sunday Times Literary Awards with the The Sunday Times Fiction Prize for fiction (since 2015: Barry Ronge Fiction Prize ), which has also been awarded since 2001 . The award is named after the South African writer Alan Paton . It is considered the most important literary prize in the Republic of South Africa.

The works must be written by a South African or a foreigner who has lived in South Africa for at least three years and should be written in English. For translations into English, the price is shared between the author and the translator. Proposals will be submitted by the South African publishers and editors, and the winner will be determined by a jury appointed by the Sunday Times.

Endowment

The first award was endowed with 15,000 rand ; since 2015, the total prize money for the winner of each award has been 100,000 rand. In 1992, the British Thomas Pakenham was the first foreigner to win the award.

Alan Paton Award

winner

  • 2007: Ivan Vladislavić for Portrait with Keys: The City of Johannesburg Unlocked
  • 2008: Mark Gevisser for Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred
  • 2009: Peter Harris for In a Different Time
  • 2010: Albie Sachs for The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law
  • 2011: Ronnie Kasrils for The Unlikely Secret Agent
  • 2012: Hugh Lewin for Stones Against the Mirror
  • 2013: Redi Tlhabi for Endings and Beginnings
  • 2014: Max du Preez for A Rumor of Spring: South Africa after 20 Years of Democracy
  • 2015: Jacob Dlamini for Askari: A Story of Collaboration and Betrayal in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
  • 2016: Pumla Dineo Gqola for Rape: A South African Nightmare
  • 2017: Greg Marinovich for Murder at Small Koppie: The Real Story of the Marikana Massacre
  • 2018: Bongani Ngqulunga for The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme
  • 2019: Terry Kurgan for Everyone is Present: Essays on Photography, Family and Memory

The Sunday Times Fiction Prize

winner

Barry Ronge Fiction Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Andile Ndlovu: Witty Heyns wins award . In: Times Live of June 22, 2012.
  2. ↑ Redi Tlhabi wins the 2013 Alan Paton Award for Endings and Beginnings. In: Books Live, June 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ Karen Jayes wins the Sunday Times Fiction Prize for For the Mercy of Water. In: Books Live, June 29, 2013.