Beverley Naidoo

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Beverley Naidoo (born May 21, 1943 in Johannesburg ) is a writer.

In 2003 she won the Japanese Sankei Children's Book Award and the Jane Addams Book Award for her book The Other Truth . In 2006 the sequel Web of Lies appeared in England and the USA . Naidoo is nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award by the South African branch of the International Board on Books for Young People 2008.

Life

Beverley Naidoo was born on May 21, 1943 in Johannesburg ( South Africa ). In 1963 she graduated from the University of Witwatersrand . In 1964 she was in solitary confinement for eight weeks because she was an opponent of the apartheid regime and actively participated in the resistance. In 1965 she was expelled from the country. So she decided to emigrate to England, where she studied to become a teacher and later also taught students. She married an exiled South African and was only able to return to South Africa in 1991 because they could not live together in South Africa because "mixed marriages" were forbidden.

Works (selection)

  • Trip to Johannesburg , children's book publisher, Berlin, 1988
  • Naledi: Ketten des Zorns , Alibaba-Verlag, Frankfurt, 1992
  • The other truth , Klopp-Verlag, Hamburg, 2002
  • Out of Bounds: Seven Stories of Conflict and Hope , HarpersCollins Publishers, 2003
  • Making It Home: Real-Life Stories from Children Forced to Flee , Puffin Books, 2005
  • Web of Lies , Amistad, 2006

Awards (selection)

  • 1988: Parents' Choice Honor Book for Paperback Literature for trip to Johannesburg
  • 1989: Smarties Prize for Children's Books for Chain of Fire
  • 1991: Vlag en Wimpel Award for Chain of Fire
  • 1998: African Studies Association Children's Book Award for Older Readers for No turning back
  • 2000: Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Silver Medal for The Other Truth
  • 2000: Carnegie Medal for The Other Truth
  • 2002: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Southampton
  • 2007: The New York Public Library - Books for the Teen Age 2007 for Web of Lies

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personal data
SURNAME Naidoo, Beverley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Johannesburg