Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation

The Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation is a bi-annual prize,^[1] first awarded in 2007,^[2] for translation of prose or poetry into English from any of the other South African official languages. It is administered by the English Academy of South Africa, and was named in honour of Sol Plaatje.

Award winners

2014 Not awarded^[3]
2011 Daniel Kunene for My Child! My Child! by C. L. S. Nyembezi
2009 Jeff Opland for Abantu Besizwe: Historical And Biographical Writings (by S.E.K. Mqhayi)
2007 Michiel Heyns for Agaat (by Marlene van Niekerk)

Notes

↑ http://www.englishacademy.co.za/awards.html Archived February 15, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑ http://test.englishacademy.co.za/wordpress/?page_id=304
↑ http://www.englishacademy.co.za/academy-awards1/

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