Alan Paton Award2008

Given by Sunday Times (South Africa)

Outros Nomes: Sunday Times Alon Paton Award (Inglês)
29 Works 551 Books 23 Reviews ½ 3.5
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 mostrar mais 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 mostrar menos
Stages:
Todos, Winner (33), Shortlist (58), Longlist (287), No Stage (1)
Years:
Todos, 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

ObraAno
Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred de Mark Gevisser2008

Shortlist 2

ObraAno
Odyssey to Freedom de George Bizos2008
The Fox and the Flies: The Secret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal de Charles van Onselen2008

Longlist 26

ObraAno
A Country at War With Itself: South Africa's Crisis of Crime de Antony Altbeker2008
Cyril Ramaphosa de Anthony Butler2008
Do South Africans Exist?: Nationalism, Democracy and the Identity of 'the People' de Ivor Chipkin2008
Caught Out de Laurie A Claase2008
The War Against Ourselves: Nature, Power and Justice de Jacklyn Cock2008
Eye on the Money: One Man's Crusade Against Corruption de Terry Crawford-Browne2008
After the Party de Andrew Feinstein2008
New History of South Africa de Hermann Giliomee2008
Love and Courage: A Story of Insubordination de Pregs Govender2008
Falling into place : the story of modern South African place names de Elwyn Jenkins2008
Language, Identity, Modernity: The Arabic Study Circle of Durban de Shamil Jeppie2008
Oliver Tambo Remembered de Z. Pallo Jordan2008
Dark Continent, My Black Arse de Sihle Khumalo2008
Number 43, Trelawney Park, Kwamagogo: Untold Stories of Ordinary People Caught Up in the Struggle Against Apartheid de Elias Masilela2008
The Kanga and the Kangaroo Court: Reflections on the Rape Trial of Jacob Zuma de Mmatshilo Motsei2008
Mortal Combat: AIDS Denialism and the Struggle for Antiretrovirals in South Africa de Nicoli Nattrass2008
Some of My Best Friends are White de Ndumiso Ngcobo2008
The Day I Died de Thembelani Ngenelwa2008
Khayelitsha de Steven Otter2008
Academic Mothers de Venitha Pillay2008
Ja, No, Man: A Memoir of Pop Culture, Girls, Suburbia ... and Apartheid de Richard Poplak2008
Total Onslaught: Apartheid's Dirty Tricks Exposed de De Wet Potgieter2008
Early slavery at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1717 de Karel Schoeman2008
White Power and Rise and Fall of the National Party de Christi Van Der Westhuizen2008
In Black and White: The Jake White Story de Jake White2008
Kevin Woods Story: In the Shadow of Mugabe's Gallows (Politics Government) de Kevin Woods2008

Descrições

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, Member-written)
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, Member-written)

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