CNA Literary Award

The CNA Literary Award, long-form Central News Agency Literary Award; Afrikaans : CNA-Prys vir Letterkunde, was an important literary prize in South Africa , which was awarded from 1961 to 1996. The Stifter Central News Agency (CNA) is the leading South African book retail chain.

description

One prize was given annually for prose or poetry works by South African writers who wrote in English or Afrikaans . Other languages spoken in South Africa were only taken into account in 1996, the last award year. Occasionally there were shared prizes or no winner in a category. From 1992 there was also a prize for the best debut. In 1996, the categories Creative Literature, Non-Fiction and Children's Literature (for example: “Creative Literature”, “Non-Fiction”, “Children's Book”) were awarded for works from the previous literary year. Breyten Breytenbach won the award five times; In 1983 he rejected it for political reasons. Nadine Gordimer , JM Coetzee , André Brink , Elisabeth Eybers , Henriette Grové and Chris Barnard have each received three awards. Ellen Kuzwayo was the first black woman to win the award in 1985.

The award ceremony took place in different places, for example in a dance hall in Sandton , the foyer of the Market Theater in Johannesburg or the Grahamstown Festival . The award was initiated by Philip Stein.

reception

The CNA Literary Award was the most important literary prize in South Africa during the apartheid period . Its significance for civil society was to offer writers a forum beyond state repression and to set an example against the censorship introduced in the 1960s .

List of winning works

1960s

1961: Siegfried Stander: This Desert Place (English)
1961: Chris Barnard : Confess onrus (Afrikaans)
1962: Mary Renault: The Bull from the Sea (English)
1962: Nicolaas Petrus van Wyk Louw : Tristia: en anders verse, voorspele en vlugte (Afrikaans)
1963: Laurens van der Post : The Seed and the Sower (English)
1963: DJ Opperman : Dolosse (Afrikaans)
1964: Alan Paton : Hofmeyr (English)
1964: Etienne Leroux : Een vir Azazel (Afrikaans)
1965: Godfrey Le May: British Supremacy in South Africa, 1899–1907 (English)
1965: André Brink : Olé (Afrikaans)
1966: Thelma Gutsche: No Ordinary Woman (English)
1966: Henriette Grové: Jaarringe (Afrikaans)
1967: Laurens van der Post: The Hunter and the Whale (English)
1967: Breyten Breytenbach : The huis van die dowe (Afrikaans)
1968: Siegfried Stander: The Horse (English)
1968: Chris Barnard: Duiwel-in-die-bos (Afrikaans)
1969: Breyten Breytenbach : Kouevuur (Afrikaans)

1970s

1970: John McIntosh: The Stonefish (English)
1970: Breyten Breytenbach : Lotus (Afrikaans)
1971: Jack Cope: The Rain-Maker (English)
1971: Elsa Joubert : Bonga (Afrikaans)
1971: PG du Plessis: Siener in the suburbs (Afrikaans)
1972: Sheila Fugard : The Castaways (English)
1972: Karel Schoeman : Na die geliefde land (Afrikaans)
1973: Alan Paton: Apartheid and the Archbishop (English)
1973: Elisabeth Eybers : Kruys of munt (Afrikaans)
1974: Nadine Gordimer : The Conservationist (English)
1974: Leon Rousseau: The great demand (Afrikaans)
1975: Guy Butler: Selected Poems (English)
1975: Anna M. Louw: Kroniek van Perdepoort (Afrikaans)
1976: Anthony Delius: Border (English)
1976: Etienne Leroux: Magersfontein, o Magersfontein! (Afrikaans)
1977: JM Coetzee : In the Heart of the Country (English)
1977: Elisabeth Eybers: Einder (Afrikaans)
1978: André Brink: Rumors of Rain (English)
1978: Elsa Joubert: Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena (Afrikaans)
1979: Nadine Gordimer: Burger's Daughter (English)
1979: DJ Opperman: Komas uit 'n bamboesstok (Afrikaans)

1980s

1980: JM Coetzee: Waiting for the Barbarians (English)
1981: Nadine Gordimer: July's People (English)
1981: Sheila Cussons: Die woedende brood (Afrikaans)
1982: André Brink: A Chain of Voices (English)
1982: Elisabeth Eybers: inventory (Afrikaans)
1983: Breyten Breytenbach: ('Yk'): Die vierde bundel van die ongedanste dans (Afrikaans; price rejected)
1983: Henriette Grové: Die kêrel van die Pêrel of anatomie (Afrikaans)
1984: JM Coetzee: Life & Times of Michael K (English)
1984: Douglas Livingstone: Selected Poems (English)
1985: Ellen Kuzwayo : Call Me Woman (English)
1985: Theunis Cloete: Allotroop (Afrikaans)
1986: David Robbins: The 29th Parallel: A South African Journey (English)
1986: Etienne van Heerden : Toorberg (Afrikaans)
1987: Ella Macphail: Phoebe & Nio (English)
1987: Ernst van Heerden: Amulet teen die vuur (Afrikaans)
1988: Christopher Hope : White Boy Running (English)
1989: Breyten Breytenbach: Memory of Snow and Dust (English)
1989: Etienne van Heerden: Liegfabrik (Afrikaans)

1990s

1990: Henriette Grové: In die kamer was' n kas (Afrikaans)
1990: Jeanne Goosen: Ons is never always so never (Afrikaans)
1992: Damon Galgut: The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs (English)
1992: John Miles: Kroniek uit die doofpot (Afrikaans)
1992: Tatamkulu Ismail Africa: Nine Lives (Debut Award)
1993: Chris Barnard: Moerland (Afrikaans) (according to other information 1994)
1993: Nelson Mandela : Long Walk to Freedom (English) (1994 or 1995 according to other information)
1993: Tim Couzens : Tramp Royal: The True Story of Trader Horn (English)
1993: Mike Nicol : This Day and Age (English)
1993: Mark Behr : The Smell of Apples (Debut Award)
1993: David Lamblin: Plain of Darkness (Debut Award)
1994: Ivan Vladislavić : The Folly (English) (according to other information 1993)
1994: Karel Schoeman : Hierdie lewe (Afrikaans) (according to other information 1993)
1994: Piet van Rooyen: Die spoorsnyer (Debut Award)
1995: Marlene van Niekerk : Triomf (Afrikaans)
1996: Sarah Ruden: Other Places (Creative Literature)
1996: Margaret McCord: The Calling of Katie Makanye (Non-Fiction)

Other South African literary prizes (selection)

The Hertzogprys have been awarded for works in the Afrikaans language since 1916 and the Hofmeyrprys since 1954 .
The Sunday Times Alan Paton Award has been presented since 1993 for non-fiction and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize since 2001 for fiction .

literature

Awards (South Africa). In: Eugene Benson: Encyclopaedia of Post-Colonial Literature in English. Routledge, Oxford 2004. Digitized at books.google.de

Web links

Description, list of winners (with differences from other sources )
Farewell to CNA Award. Mail & Guardian of March 14, 1997 (English)

Individual evidence

^ Gareth Cornwell, Dirk Klopper, Craig Mackenzie: The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English since 1945. Columbia University Press, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-231-50381-5 . Digitized at books.google.de (English), accessed on May 23, 2015
↑ ^a ^b Farewell to CNA Award. Mail & Guardian, March 14, 1997, accessed May 22, 2015
^ RIP the founder of the CNA Literary Award Philip Stein. bookslive.co.za, July 6, 2010 (English), accessed May 23, 2015

[1] Gareth Cornwell, Dirk Klopper, Craig Mackenzie: The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English since 1945. Columbia University Press, New York 2012, ISBN 978-0-231-50381-5 . Digitized at books.google.de (English), accessed on May 23, 2015

[mail-2] Farewell to CNA Award. Mail & Guardian, March 14, 1997, accessed May 22, 2015

[3] RIP the founder of the CNA Literary Award Philip Stein. bookslive.co.za, July 6, 2010 (English), accessed May 23, 2015