Alan Paton AwardShortlist2010

Given by Sunday Times (South Africa)

Andre Navne: Sunday Times Alon Paton Award (Engelsk)
2 Works 104 Books 4 Reviews ½ 3.6
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 vis mere 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 vis mindre
Stages:
Alle, Winner (33), Shortlist (58), Longlist (287), No Stage (1)
Years:
Alle, 2023 (4), 2022 (4), 2021 (3), 2019 (3), 2018 (2), 2017 (1), 2016 (4), 2015 (3), 2014 (3), 2013 (3), 2012 (5), 2011 (3), 2010 (2), 2009 (4), 2008 (2), 2007 (4), 2006 (4), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 1999 (1)

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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 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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