Alan Paton Award2012

Uitgereikt door Sunday Times (South Africa)

Andere Namen: Sunday Times Alon Paton Award (Engels)
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The Alan Paton Award — named for the author of Cry, The Beloved Country — has been conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. Sponsored by the Johannesburg weekly the toon meer Sunday Times, recipients represent the cream of contemporary South African writers who produce works that are judged to demonstrate compassion elegance of writing illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it which are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power intellectual and moral integrity toon minder
Stages:
Alle, Winner (33), Shortlist (58), Longlist (287), No Stage (1)
Jaren:
Alle, 2023 (14), 2022 (14), 2021 (23), 2019 (16), 2018 (20), 2017 (13), 2016 (23), 2015 (19), 2014 (12), 2013 (29), 2012 (28), 2011 (25), 2010 (25), 2009 (30), 2008 (29), 2007 (5), 2006 (6), 2005 (27), 2004 (2), 2003 (2), 2002 (1), 2001 (1), 2000 (1), 1999 (3), 1998 (1), 1997 (1), 1996 (1), 1995 (1), 1994 (1), 1993 (1), 1992 (1), 1991 (1), 1990 (1), 1989 (1)

Winner 1

WerkJaar
Stones against the mirror : friendship in the time of the South African struggle door Hugh Lewin2012

Shortlist 5

WerkJaar
Handelaren des doods de internationale wapenhandel door Andrew Feinstein2012
Diepsloot door Anton Harber2012
My Father, My Monster: A True Story door McIntosh Polela2012
Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York City door Jonny Steinberg2012
Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed door Mandy Wiener2012

Longlist 22

WerkJaar
Defining Moments: A Memoir door Marius Barnard2012
The African National Congress and the regeneration of political power door Susan Booysen2012
Come Back to Portofino Through Italy with the 6th South African Armoured Division door James Bourhill2012
Battle Scarred: Hidden Costs of the Border War door Anthony Feinstein2012
An Inconvenient Youth: Julius Malema and the 'new' ANC door Fiona Forde2012
Kader Asmal: Politics in My Blood door Adrian Hadland2012
The Devil In The Detail: How The Arms Deal Changed Everything door Paul Holden2012
Paper Sons and Daughters: Growing up Chinese in South Africa (Modern African Writing Series) door Ufrieda Ho2012
The First President: A Life of John L. Dube, Founding President of the ANC door Heather Hughes2012
A Living Man from Africa: Jan Tzatzoe, Xhosa Chief and Missionary, and the Making of Nineteenth-Century South Africa (New Directions in Narrative History) door Roger S. Levine2012
South Africa Pushed to the Limit: The Political Economy of Change door Hein Marais2012
Touch, Pause, Engage! Exploring the Heart of South African Rugby door Liz McGregor2012
Sometimes There Is a Void: Memoirs of an Outsider door Zakes Mda2012
Missing & Murdered: A Personal Adventure in Forensic Anthropology door Alan G. Morris2012
Challenging Beliefs: Memoirs of a Career door Tim Noakes2012
Lifeblood: How to Change the World One Dead Mosquito at a Time door Alex Perry2012
The Unexploded Boer door Erich Rautenbach2012
Byleveld: Dossier of a Serial Sleuth door Hanlie Retief2012
Germany's Genocide of the Herero: Kaiser Wilhelm II, His General, His Settlers, His Soldiers door Jeremy Sarkin2012
David Kramer - A Biography door Mathilda Slabbert2012
Tutu: Authorized door Allister Sparks2012
Afrikaners in Angola 1928-1975 door Nicol Stassen2012

Beschrijvingen

The Alan Paton Award — named for the author of Cry, The Beloved Country — has been conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. Sponsored by the Johannesburg weekly the Sunday Times, recipients represent the cream of contemporary South African writers who produce works that are judged to demonstrate compassion elegance of writing illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it which are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power intellectual and moral integrity (English, Door lid geschreven)
The Alan Paton Award is a South African literary award that been conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. Sponsored by the Johannesburg weekly the Sunday Times, recipients represent the cream of contemporary South African writers who produce works that are judged to demonstrate: compassion; elegance of writing; illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it which are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power; and, intellectual and moral integrity. The award is named for Alan Paton, author of Cry, The Beloved Country. The award is given in conjunction with The Sunday Times Fiction Prize. Together the two prizes are jointly called The Sunday Times Literary Awards. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) (English, Door lid geschreven)

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