The winners of the South African Literary Awards have been announced – see the full list below!
Click through for some more background info on these awards, plus other literary awards you’ll want to know about.
First-Time Published Author Award
Claire Robertson, The Spiral House(English, Umuzi Publishers)
Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award
Makhosazana Xaba, Running and Other Stories(English, Modjaji books) and Reneilwe Malatji, Love Interrupted(English, Modjaji Books)
K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award
Jamala Safari, The Great Agony and Pure laughter of the Gods(English, Umuzi Publishing)
Literary Translators Aaward
Nhlanhla Maake, Malefane(Sesotho/English, Ekaam Books)
Poetry Award
Thandi Sliepen, The Turtle Dove Told Me(English, Modjaji Books)
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hemba Patrick Magaisa, Mihloti ya Tingana(Xitsonga, published by TP Magaisa)
Creative Non-Fiction Award
Sihle Khumalo, Almost Sleeping My Way to Timbuktu(English, Umuzi Publishers)
Posthumous Literary Award
Mbulelo Vizikhungo
Liftetime Achievement Literary Awards
Nuruddin Farah and Njabulo Ndebele
