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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.
Alba Bouwer was awarded the Scheepers Prize for Children's Literature in 1959 and again in 1965, and the C.P. Hoogenhout Award in 1961, 1971 and 1983. [ 5 ] Since 1989 the South African Academy of Science and Arts has presented a triennial Alba Bouwer Prize for children's literature, named in her honour.
The Jan Rabie Rapport Prize, for debut works in Afrikaans, was awarded annually at the same awards ceremony as the Media24 prizes from 2004 to 2014, but was open to all South African publishers. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The M-Net Literary Awards were also awarded at the same ceremony until 2010.
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. This is a list of notable literary awards awarded in South Africa.
The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation is an award for excellence in engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Eight months are set aside to help the contestants. [ 3 ] The winner is awarded £25,000, with the second, third and fourth runners-up gaining £10,000 each.
second president of post-Apartheid South Africa 7. Gary Player (1935–) golfer 8. Jan Smuts (1870–1950) statesman and philosopher 9. Desmond Tutu (1931–2021) cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner 10. Hansie Cronje (1969–2002) cricketer 11. Charlize Theron (1975–) actress and Academy Award winner 14. Steve Biko (1946–1977) political ...
The Afrikaans prize has been awarded since 2001, but was previously called the RAU-Prys vir Skeppende Skyfwerk (RAU Prize for Creative Writing) and located at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). [3] In 2005, when RAU was merged with other institutions to establish UJ, the name of the prize was changed and the English category was introduced.
The Architecture Master Prize: 1985: The Architecture Master Prize: annual: architect: Praemium Imperiale: 1989: Japan Art Association: annual: architect: 4 other categories; gold medal and JPY15,000,000 prize Pritzker Prize: 1979: Pritzker family: annual: architect: bronze medallion and US$100,000 prize RIBA President's Medals: 1836: Royal ...