This year’s winners of the South African Literary Awards (SALAs) were announced on Tuesday night, 07 November 2017 at UNISA, Pretoria Campus.
Authors, poets, writers other and literary practitioners whose works are continuously contributing to the enrichment of South Africa’s literary landscape were celebrated in an auspicious ceremony.
The SALA Awards have honoured over a hundred individuals in the past 12 years.
The 2017 South African Literary Awards (SALAs) winners are:
Category: First-time Published Author Award
Moses Shimo Seletisha, Tšhutšhumakgala (Sepedi)
Category: k.Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award
Nthikeng Mohlele, Pleasure (English)
Category: Poetry Award
Helen Moffett, Prunings (English)
Simphiwe Ali Nolutshungu, Iingcango Zentliziyo (isiXhosa)
Category: Creative Non-Fiction Award
Dikgang Moseneke, My Own Liberator (English)
Category: Literary Journalism Award
Don Makatile, Body of work (English)
Phakama Mbonambi, Body of work (English)
Category: Literary Translators Award
Bridget Theron-Bushell, The Thirstland Trek: 1874 – 1881 (Afrikaans to English)
Jeff Opland, Wandile Kuse and Pamela Maseko, William Wellington Gqoba: Isizwe Esinembali, Xhosa Histories And Poetry (1873 – 1888) (isiXhosa to English)
Jeff Opland and Pamela Maseko, DLP.Yali-Manisi: Iimbali Zamanyange, Historical Poems (isiXhosa to English)
Category: Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award
Roela Hattingh, Kamee (Afrikaans)
Category: Posthumous Literary Award
|A!kunta, Body of work (!Xam and !Kun)
!Kabbo, Body of work (!Xam and !Kun)
≠Kasin, Body of work (!Xam and !Kun)
Dia!kwain, Body of work (!Xam and !Kun)
|Han≠kass’o, Body of work (!Xam and !Kun)
Category: Lifetime Achievement Literary Award
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa, Body of work (English)
Aletta Matshedisð Motimele, Body of work (Sepedi)
Etienne Van Heerden, Body of work (Afrikaans)
Category: Chairperson’s Award
Themba Christian Msimang, Body of work (isiZulu)
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- Pleasure by Nthikeng Mohlele
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EAN: 9781770104853
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- Prunings by Helen Moffett
EAN: 9780620722995
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- My Own Liberator: A Memoir by Dikgang Moseneke
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EAN: 9781770105089
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- The Thirstland Trek: 1874 – 1881 by Nicol Stassen
EAN: 9781485300366
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- William Wellington Gqoba: Isizwe esinembali: Xhosa histories and poetry (1873–1888) edited by Jeff Opland, Wandile Kuse, Pamela Maseko
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EAN: 9781869142827
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- DLP Yali-Manisi: Iimbali Zamanyange: Historical Poems edited by Jeff Opland, Pamela Maseko
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EAN: 9781869142834
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- Kamee by Roela Hattingh
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EAN: 9780798169172
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Source: http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2017/11/08/2017-south-african-literary-awards-winners-announced/