Alan Paton Award2008

Attributo da Sunday Times (South Africa)

Altri nomi: Sunday Times Alon Paton Award (Inglese)
29 opere 551 libri 23 recensioni 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 mostra altro 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 mostra meno
Fasi:
Tutto, Winner (33), Shortlist (58), Longlist (287), Non ci sono fasi (1)
Anni:
Tutto, 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

OperaAnno
Thabo Mbeki: The Dream Deferred di Mark Gevisser2008

Shortlist 2

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

Longlist 26

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

Descrizioni

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, Scritto da un membro)
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, Scritto da un membro)

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