Alba Bouwer Prize

The Alba Bouwer Prize ( _af. 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. [ [http://akademie.org.za/tuisblad/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=39 Official list] of prizes and awards of the South African Academy of Science and Arts (in Afrikaans). Accessed 31 January 2008.] Works qualifying for the prize should have been published within the preceding three years, and be intended for under-12s. The prize is named in honour of children's author Alba Bouwer (born 1920), herself a three-time winner of the Academy's Scheepers Prize for youth literature (Scheepersprys vir Jeugliteratuur), instituted in 1956.

Recipients

Recipients of the Alba Bouwer Prize are: [ [http://www.storiewerf.co.za/lyste/albabouwerprys.htm List of recipients of the Alba Bouwer Prize] at storiewerf.co.za (in Afrikaans). Accessed 26 January 2008.]
*1989 Freda Linde, for "Strepie en Kurfie" (1987)
*1992 Joint winners:
** Barrie Hough, for "Droomwa" (1990)
** Marietjie de Jongh, for "Braam en die engel" (1991)
*1995 Corlia Fourie, for "Die towersak en ander stories" (1994) and "Die wit vlinder" (1993)
*1998 Philip de Vos, for "Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie" (1995)
*2001 Martie Preller, for "Die Balkie-boek" (2000)
*2003 Leon de Villiers, for "Droomoog Diepgrawer" (2003)
*2006 Jaco Jacobs, for "Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies" (2005)

References

External links

* [http://akademie.org.za/ South African Academy of Science and Arts] (in Afrikaans)