Alan Paton AwardShortlist

Given by Sunday Times (South Africa)

Autres noms: Sunday Times Alon Paton Award (Anglais)
57 oeuvres / 58 Items 1,567 Livres 26 critiques ½ 3.7
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 afficher plus 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 afficher moins
Stages:
Tous, Winner (33), Shortlist (58), Longlist (287), No Stage (1)
Années:
Tous, 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)

Shortlist 58

ŒuvreAnnée
My Land Obsession par Bulelwa Mabasa2023
UNFORGIVEN - Face to Face with my Father's Killer par Liz McGregor2023
Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution par André Odendaal2023
The blinded city - Ten years in inner-city Johannesburg par Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon2023
Scatterling of Africa par Johnny Clegg2022
The poisoners on South Africa's toxic past, 1973-2020 par Imraan Coovadia2022
Land Matters: South Africa’s Failed Land Reforms and the Road Ahead par Tembeka Ngcukaitobi2022
A History of South Africa: From 1902 to the Present par Thula Simpson2022
Safari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park par Jacob S. T. Dlamini2021
The Pink Line: Journeys Across the World's Queer Frontiers par Mark Gevisser2021
Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule's Web of Capture par Pieter-Louis Myburgh2021
Heist!: South Africa's Cash-in-Transit Epidemic Uncovered par Anneliese Burgess2019
These Bones Will Rise Again par Panashe Chigumadzi2019
Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation: The Politics Behind #mustfall Movements par Rekgotsofetse Chikane2019
No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela par Thandeka Gqubule2018
Always Another Country par Sisonke Msimang2018
Letters of Stone: From Nazi Germany to South Africa par Steven Robins2017
J. M. Coetzee and the Life of Writing: Face-to-face with Time par David Attwell2016
Papwa: Golf's Lost Legend par Maxine Case2016
To Quote Myself: A Memoir par Khaya Dlanga2016
Showdown at the Red Lion (The Life and Time of Jack McLoughlin) par Charles Van Onselen2016
Lost and Found in Johannesburg: A Memoir par Mark Gevisser2015
DF Malan en die opkoms van Afrikaner-nasionalisme (Afrikaans Edition) par Lindie Koorts2015
A Man of Good Hope par Jonny Steinberg2015
Postmortem : the doctor who walked away par Maria Phalime2014
My Second Initiation: The Memoir of Vusi Pikoli par Vusi Pikoli2014
The Concentration Camps of the Anglo-Boer War: A Social History par Elizabeth Van Heyningen2014
The Last Afrikaner Leaders: A Supreme Test of Power (Reconsiderations in Southern African History) par Hermann Giliomee2013
Biko: A Biography par Xolela Mangcu2013
Killing for Profit: Exposing the Illegal Rhino Horn Trade par Julian Rademeyer2013
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade par Andrew Feinstein2012
Diepsloot par Anton Harber2012
My Father, My Monster: A True Story par McIntosh Polela2012
Little Liberia: An African Odyssey in New York City par Jonny Steinberg2012
Killing Kebble: An Underworld Exposed par Mandy Wiener2012
Steeped in Blood: The Life and Times of a Forensic Scientist par David Klatzow2011
Fighting for Justice: A Lifetime of Political and Social Activism par Jay Naidoo2011
The War for South Africa: The Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) par Bill Nasson2011
Ways of Staying par Kevin Bloom2010
Mes bifurcations : mémoires par André Brink2010
Street Blues: The Experiences of a Reluctant Policeman par Andrew Brown2009
Choice, Not Fate: Biography of Trevor Manuel par Pippa Green2009
A Simple Freedom: The Strong Mind of Robben Island Prisoner, No 468/64 par Ahmed Kathrada2009
Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS Epidemic par Jonny Steinberg2009
Odyssey to Freedom par George Bizos2008
The Fox and the Flies: The Secret Life of a Grotesque Master Criminal par Charles van Onselen2008
Rabble-Rouser for Peace: The Authorized Biography of Desmond Tutu par John Allen2007
The suitcase stories : refugee children reclaim their identities par Glynis Clacherty2007
WHITE SCARS ON READING AND RITES OF PASSAGE par Denis Hirson2007
Touch My Blood: The Early Years par Fred Khumalo2007
The Dirty Work of Democracy: A Year on the Streets with the Saps par Antony Altbeker2006
Witness to Aids par Edwin Cameron2006
No Cold Kitchen: A Biography of Nadine Gordimer par Ronald Suresh Roberts2006
Spring Will Come par William N. Zulu2006
The Piano War par Graeme Friedman2004
Walter and Albertina Sisulu: In Our Lifetime par Elinor Sisulu2003
Rivonia's Children: Three Families and the Cost of Conscience in White South Africa par Glenn Frankel1999
Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution par André Odendaal

Descriptions

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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