Alba Bouwer Prize

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 (born 1920), herself a three-time winner of the Academy's Scheepers Prize for youth literature (Scheepersprys vir Jeugliteratuur), instituted in 1956.

Recipients

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

• 1989 Freda Linde, Strepie en Kurfie (1987)
• 1992 Joint winners:
  • Barrie Hough, Droomwa (1990)
  • Marietjie de Jongh, Braam en die engel (1991)
• 1995 Corlia Fourie, Die towersak en ander stories (1994) and Die wit vlinder (1993)
• 1998 Philip de Vos, Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie (1995)
• 2001 Martie Preller, Die Balkie-boek (2000)
• 2004 Leon de Villiers, Droomoog Diepgrawer (2003)
• 2007 Jaco Jacobs, Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies (2005)
• 2010 Linda Rode, In die Nimmer-Immer-bos
• 2013 Elizabeth Wasserman, Anna Atoom-reeks

References

1. Official list 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 at storiewerf.co.za (in Afrikaans). Accessed 26 January 2008.
3. http://www.childlit.org.za/ABouwer.html

External links

• South African Academy of Science and Arts (in Afrikaans)