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==History of the Awards== |
==History of the Awards== |
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Originally established in 1989, the '''Alan Paton Award''' was conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. It aimed to reward books presenting "the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power", and demonstrating "compassion, elegance of writing, and intellectual and moral integrity".<ref name=jrb2019>"[https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2019/04/22/the-jrb-daily-2019-sunday-times-literary-awards-longlists-announced/ 2019 Sunday Times Literary Awards longlists announced]</ref> The award was named for [[Alan Paton]], the famous South African author of ''[[Cry, The Beloved Country]]'' |
Originally established in 1989, the '''Alan Paton Award''' was conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. It aimed to reward books presenting "the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power", and demonstrating "compassion, elegance of writing, and intellectual and moral integrity".<ref name=jrb2019>"[https://johannesburgreviewofbooks.com/2019/04/22/the-jrb-daily-2019-sunday-times-literary-awards-longlists-announced/ 2019 Sunday Times Literary Awards longlists announced]</ref> The award was named for [[Alan Paton]], the famous South African author of ''[[Cry, The Beloved Country]]''. |
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In 2001, a companion award for fiction was established, the '''''Sunday Times'' Fiction Prize'''. The criteria stipulate that the winning novel should be one of "rare imagination and style ... a tale so compelling as to become an enduring landmark of contemporary fiction".<ref name=jrb2019/> The prize was restructured in 2015 when fiction and nonfiction awards were brought together under the banner of the '''''Sunday Times'' Literary Awards'''; the money for each prize was increased, from R75 000 to R100 000, <ref name="bl_2015"/> and the Fiction Prize was renamed the '''Barry Ronge Fiction Prize''' in honour of [[Barry Ronge]], a South African journalist best known for his "Spit and Polish" column in the ''Sunday Times'', who was one of the founders of the awards.<ref name=jrb2019/> |
In 2001, a companion award for fiction was established, the '''''Sunday Times'' Fiction Prize'''. The criteria stipulate that the winning novel should be one of "rare imagination and style ... a tale so compelling as to become an enduring landmark of contemporary fiction".<ref name=jrb2019/> The prize was restructured in 2015 when fiction and nonfiction awards were brought together under the banner of the '''''Sunday Times'' Literary Awards'''; the money for each prize was increased, from R75 000 to R100 000, <ref name="bl_2015"/> and the Fiction Prize was renamed the '''Barry Ronge Fiction Prize''' in honour of [[Barry Ronge]], a South African journalist best known for his "Spit and Polish" column in the ''Sunday Times'', who was one of the founders of the awards.<ref name=jrb2019/> |
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In 2020 there was a one-year hiatus in the awards due to the [[COVID-19]] pandemic. <ref>"[https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/opinion-and-analysis/2020-11-29-how-good-it-is-for-the-species-that-we-still-care-about-books2/ ‘How good it is for the species that we still care about books’"]</ref> However, they recommenced in 2021 with a new sponsor, [[CNA (bookstore)|CNA]], a South African retail chain of stationery shops, and are now known as the '''''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Awards'''. <ref name="st20202">"[https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/news/2020-11-15-submissions-for-2021-sunday-times-cna-literary-awards-now-open/ Submissions for 2021 Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards now open"]</ref> |
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This sponsorship arrrangement followed the acquisition of CNA from "embattled" parent company [[Edcon]] in February 2020. The then CEO of CNA, Benjamin Trisk, said: “We are a stationery store, make no mistake ... But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t encourage a life lived in literature.” <ref name="st2020">"[https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/books/news/2020-11-15-submissions-for-2021-sunday-times-cna-literary-awards-now-open/ Submissions for 2021 Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards now open"]</ref> |
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==Fiction Award== |
==Fiction Award== |
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Revision as of 10:57, 3 October 2021
The Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards are awarded annually to South African writers by the South African weekly newspaper the Sunday Times. They comprise the Sunday Times CNA Literary Award for Non-fiction and the Sunday Times CNA Literary Award for Fiction, and are awarded for full-length non-fiction works and novels, respectively.
History of the Awards
Originally established in 1989, the Alan Paton Award was conferred annually since 1989 for meritorious works of non-fiction. It aimed to reward books presenting "the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power", and demonstrating "compassion, elegance of writing, and intellectual and moral integrity".[1] The award was named for Alan Paton, the famous South African author of Cry, The Beloved Country.
In 2001, a companion award for fiction was established, the Sunday Times Fiction Prize. The criteria stipulate that the winning novel should be one of "rare imagination and style ... a tale so compelling as to become an enduring landmark of contemporary fiction".[1] The prize was restructured in 2015 when fiction and nonfiction awards were brought together under the banner of the Sunday Times Literary Awards; the money for each prize was increased, from R75 000 to R100 000, [2] and the Fiction Prize was renamed the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize in honour of Barry Ronge, a South African journalist best known for his "Spit and Polish" column in the Sunday Times, who was one of the founders of the awards.[1]
In 2020 there was a one-year hiatus in the awards due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] However, they recommenced in 2021 with a new sponsor, CNA, a South African retail chain of stationery shops, and are now known as the Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards. [4]
This sponsorship arrrangement followed the acquisition of CNA from "embattled" parent company Edcon in February 2020. The then CEO of CNA, Benjamin Trisk, said: “We are a stationery store, make no mistake ... But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t encourage a life lived in literature.” [5]
Fiction Award
- Recipients
- 2020 – No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2019 – Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, The Theory of Flight [6]
- 2018 – Harry Kalmer, A Thousand Tales of Johannesburg [7]
- 2017 – Zakes Mda, Little Suns[8]
- 2016 – Nkosinathi Sithole, Hunger Eats a Man[9]
- 2015 – Damon Galgut, Arctic Summer[10]
- 2014 – Claire Robertson for The Spiral House[2]
- 2013 – Karen Jayes for For the Mercy of Water[11]
- 2012 – Michiel Heyns for Lost Ground[12]
- 2011 – Sifiso Mzobe for Young Blood[13]
- 2010 – Imraan Coovadia for High Low In-between[14]
- 2009 – Anne Landsman for The Rowing Lesson [15]
- 2008 – Ceridwen Dovey for Blood Kin [16]
- 2007 – Marlene van Niekerk for Agaat [17]
- 2006 – Andrew Brown for Coldsleep Lullaby[18]
- 2005 – Justin Cartwright for The Promise of Happiness[18]
- 2004 – Rayda Jacobs for Confessions of a Gambler[18]
- 2003 – André P Brink for The Other Side of Silence[18]
- 2002 – Ivan Vladislavic for The Restless Supermarket[18]
- 2001 – Zakes Mda for The Heart of Redness[18]
Non-fiction Award
- Recipients
- 2020 – No award due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- 2019 – Terry Kurgan for Everyone is Present: Essays on Photography, Family and Memory [6]
- 2018 – Bongani Ngqulunga for The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme [7]
- 2017 – Greg Marinovich for Murder at Small Koppie: The Real Story of the Marikana Massacre[8]
- 2016 – Pumla Dineo Gqola for Rape: A South African Nightmare[9]
- 2015 – Jacob Dlamini for Askari: A Story of Collaboration and Betrayal in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle[10]
- 2014 – Max du Preez for A Rumour of Spring: South Africa after 20 Years of Democracy[2]
- 2013 – Redi Tlhabi for Endings and Beginnings[19]
- 2012 – Hugh Lewin for Stones against the Mirror[20]
- 2011 – Ronnie Kasrils for The Unlikely Secret Agent
- 2010 – Albie Sachs for The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law[14]
- 2009 – Peter Harris for In a Different Time[21]
- 2008 – Mark Gevisser for Thabo Mbeki – The Dream Deferred [16]
- 2007 – Ivan Vladislavic for Portrait with Keys [22]
- 2006 – Jointly awarded to[18]
- Edwin Cameron for Witness to AIDS
- Adam Levin for AidSafari
- 2005 – Jonny Steinberg for The Number[18]
- 2004 – Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela for A Human Being Died That Night[18]
- 2003 – Jonny Steinberg for Midlands[18]
- 2002 – Jonathan Kaplan for The Dressing Station[18]
- 2001 – Henk van Woerden for A Mouthful of Glass[18]
- 2000 – Anthony Sampson for Mandela: The Authorised Biography[18]
- 1999 – Jointly awarded to[18]
- Antjie Krog for Country of My Skull
- Stephen Clingman for Bram Fischer: Afrikaner Revolutionary[18]
- 1998 – John Reader for Africa: A Biography of a Continent[18]
- 1997 – Charles van Onselen for The Seed is Mine[18]
- 1996 – Margaret McCord for The Calling of Katie Makanya[18]
- 1995 – Nelson Mandela for Long Walk to Freedom[18]
- 1994 – Breyten Breytenbach for Return to Paradise[18]
- 1993 – Tim Couzens for Tramp Royal[18]
- 1992 – Thomas Pakenham for Scramble for Africa[18]
- 1991 – Albie Sachs for Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter[18]
- 1990 – Jeff Peires for The Dead Will Arise[18]
- 1989 – Marq de Villiers for White Tribe Dreaming[18]
References
- ^ a b c "2019 Sunday Times Literary Awards longlists announced
- ^ a b c "Claire Robertson and Max du Preez Win the 2014 Sunday Times Literary Awards". Books Live. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "‘How good it is for the species that we still care about books’"
- ^ "Submissions for 2021 Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards now open"
- ^ "Submissions for 2021 Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards now open"
- ^ a b "Terry Kurgan and Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu win the 2019 Sunday Times Literary Awards"
- ^ a b "Harry Kalmer and Bongani Ngqulunga win Sunday Times Literary Awards"
- ^ a b Jennifer Malec (25 June 2017). "Zakes Mda and Greg Marinovich win Sunday Times Literary Awards". JRB. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
- ^ a b Jennifer Malec (25 June 2016). "Pumla Dineo Gqola and Nkosinathi Sithole win the 2016 Sunday Times Literary Awards". Books Live. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ a b Jennifer (27 June 2015). "Damon Galgut and Jacob Dlamini Win the 2015 Sunday Times Literary Awards". Books Live. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ "Karen Jayes Wins the Sunday Times Fiction Prize for For the Mercy of Water", Books Live, 29 June 2013.
- ^ Andile Ndlovu (22 June 2012). "Witty Heyns wins award". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ Chris (27 June 2011). "Sifiso Mzobe Honoured with 2011 Sunday Times Fiction Prize". Books Live. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
- ^ a b Ben (editor) (24 July 2010). "Imraan Coovadia and Albie Sachs Win the Sunday Times Literary Awards". Books Live. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Sunday Times Literary Awards Wrap Up"
- ^ a b "Dovey, Gevisser Win the 2008 Sunday Times Literary Awards"
- ^ "Blake Friedmann Literary Agency"
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Previous winners of the Alan Paton Award and the Sunday Times Fiction Prize". The Sunday Times. 4 June 2007. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009.
- ^ "Redi Tlhabi Wins the 2013 Alan Paton Award for Endings and Beginnings", Books Live, 29 June 2013.
- ^ "Michiel Heyns and Hugh Lewin Win the 2012 Sunday Times Literary Awards", Books Live, 21 June 2012.
- ^ http://bundureviews.bundublog.com/2009/08/04/sunday-times-literary-award-winners/
- ^ "Sunday Times Alan Paton Award 2007: Ivan Vladslavić for Portrait with Keys"