Hertzog Prize
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The Hertzog Prize or is an annual award given to Afrikaans
-language writers by the South African Academy for the Sciences and Arts (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns), formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature and Arts (Zuid-Afrikaanse Akademie voor Wetenschap, Letteren en Kunst). It is the most prestigious prize in Afrikaans literature.
The prize was first established in 1914 as part of the Tweede Taalbeweging ("Second Language Movement"); its first winner was Totius
for his 1915 poetry collection Trekkerswee (Trekkers' Grief). The prize is awarded in the categories of poetry, prose, and drama.
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-language writers by the South African Academy for the Sciences and Arts (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns), formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature and Arts (Zuid-Afrikaanse Akademie voor Wetenschap, Letteren en Kunst). It is the most prestigious prize in Afrikaans literature.
The prize was first established in 1914 as part of the Tweede Taalbeweging ("Second Language Movement"); its first winner was Totius
Totius
Totius was the pen name of the Afrikaner poet Jacob Daniël du Toit .-Life:...
for his 1915 poetry collection Trekkerswee (Trekkers' Grief). The prize is awarded in the categories of poetry, prose, and drama.
Poetry
- 1916 - Totius (Trekkerswee).
- 1926 - A.G. VisserA.G. VisserAndries Gerhardus Visser was a well-known early Afrikaans poet.-Biography:Visser was born on the farm Zaaifontein in the Fraserburg district of South Africa. An intense drought drove his parents from their farm in Carnarvon and he was born in a tent in the farmyard, under the shadow of a pear tree...
(Gedigte).
- 1928 - A.G. VisserA.G. VisserAndries Gerhardus Visser was a well-known early Afrikaans poet.-Biography:Visser was born on the farm Zaaifontein in the Fraserburg district of South Africa. An intense drought drove his parents from their farm in Carnarvon and he was born in a tent in the farmyard, under the shadow of a pear tree...
(Rose van herinnering); C.M. van den Heever (Die nuwe boord).
- 1934 - TotiusTotiusTotius was the pen name of the Afrikaner poet Jacob Daniël du Toit .-Life:...
(Passieblomme); C. Louis LeipoldtC. Louis LeipoldtDr. Christian Frederik Louis Leipoldt was a South African poet, who wrote inthe Afrikaans language. Together with Jan F. E. Celliers and...
(Skoonheidstroos); W.E.G. Louw (Die ryke dwaas).
- 1937 - I.D. du Plessis (Vreemde liefde en Ballades); N.P. van Wyk Louw (Alleenspraak)
- 1940 - N.P. van Wyk Louw (Die halwe kring).
- 1943 - Elisabeth EybersElisabeth EybersElisabeth Françoise Eybers , was a South African poet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she has translated some of her own work into English....
(Die stil avontuur en Belydenis in die skemering).
- 1947 - D.J. Opperman (Heilige beeste).
- 1951 - Toon van den Heever (Gedigte 1919, omgewerk tot Eugène en ander gedigte 1931).
- 1962 - Ernst van HeerdenErnst van HeerdenErnst van Heerden was a leading Afrikaans poet.Born in Pearston, Eastern Cape, South Africa, he was an openly gay academic famous for his poems on sport. He matriculated at Grey High School, Port Elizabeth. In 1948 he received a silver medal in the Olympic Games International Poetry Competition...
(Die klop).
- 1965 - N.P. van Wyk Louw (Tristia).
- 1968 - Boerneef (postuum) (al sy digbundels).
- 1971 - Elisabeth EybersElisabeth EybersElisabeth Françoise Eybers , was a South African poet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she has translated some of her own work into English....
(Onderdak).
- 1974 - Uys KrigeUys KrigeMattheus Uys Krige was a South African writer of novels, short stories, poems and plays in both Afrikaans and English. He was born in Bontebokskloof in the Cape Province and educated at the University of Stellenbosch.From 1931 to 1935 he lived in France and Spain, acquiring fluency in both...
(Uys Krige: 'n keur uit sy gedigte).
- 1977 - Wilma Stockenström (Van vergetelheid en van glans).
- 1980 - D.J. Opperman (Komas uit 'n bamboesstok).
- 1983 - Sheila CussonsSheila CussonsSheila Cussons was an Afrikaans poet. She was born on the Moravia missionary station near Piketberg, South Africa, and studied fine arts at the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg. She was one of the most important poets in Afrikaans, besides an accomplished painter and artist.The poet D.J...
(al haar digbundels).
- 1984 - Breyten BreytenbachBreyten BreytenbachBreyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship.-Biography:Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas...
( "Yk" ).
- 1987 - T.T. Cloete (Idiolek en Allotroop - sy ander werke, Jukstaposisie en Angelliera is eervol vermeld)
- 1990- Antjie KrogAntjie KrogAntjie Krog, born October 23, 1952 in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, is a prominent South African poet, academic and writer. In 2004 she joined the Arts faculty of the University of the Western Cape.- Early life :...
(Lady Anne).
- 1993 - T.T. Cloete (Met die aarde praat).
- 1996 - Ina Rousseau ( 'n Onbekende jaartal).
- 1999 - Breyten BreytenbachBreyten BreytenbachBreyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship.-Biography:Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas...
(Oorblyfsels: 'n Roudig en Papierblom).
- 2002 - Henning Pieterse (Die burg van hertog Bloubaard).
- 2005 - Petra Müller (Die aandag van jou oë).
- 2008 - Breyten BreytenbachBreyten BreytenbachBreyten Breytenbach is a South African writer and painter with French citizenship.-Biography:Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, Western Cape, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas...
(Die Windvanger).
- 2011 - Johann de LangeJohann de LangeJohann de Lange is an Afrikaans poet, short story writer and critic. He is renowned for being one of the foremost gay writers in Afrikaans, his most controversial book being Nagsweet ....
(Die algebra van nood).
Drama
- 1926 - J.F.W. Grosskopf (As die tuig skawe en Drie eenbedrywe).
- 1935 - H.A. Fagan (Die ouderling en ander toneelstukke).
- 1944 - C.L. Leipoldt (Die heks en Die laaste aand).
- 1952 - Gerhard Beukes (Langs die steiltes, Salome dans, As ons twee eers getroud is en agt eenbedrywe); W.A. de Klerk (Die jaar van die vuur-os, Drie vroue, Drie dramas en Vlamme oor La Roche).
- 1956 - D.J. Opperman (Periandros van Korinthe).
- 1960 - N.P. van Wyk Louw (Germanicus).
- 1969 - D.J. Opperman (Voëlvry).
- 1972 - P.G. du Plessis (Siener in die suburbs en Die nag van Legio).
- 1978 - Bartho Smit (Putsonderwater, Moeder Hanna, Christine en Die verminktes).
- 1981 - Henriette Grové (Ontmoeting by Dwaaldrif en al haar ander dramatiese werk).
- 1985 - Uys Krige (al sy werke)
- 1991 - Chris BarnardChris Barnard (author)Christiaan Johan Barnard is a South African author born July 15, 1939. Well known for penning various Afrikaans novels, novellas, columns, youth novels, short stories, plays, radio dramas, film scripts and television dramas....
(totale oeuvre)
- 1994 - Reza de Wet (Vrystaat-trilogie en Trits: Mis, Mirakel, Drif)
- 1997 - Reza de Wet (Drie susters twee).
- 2000 - André BrinkAndré BrinkAndré Philippus Brink, OIS, is a South African novelist. He writes in Afrikaans and English and is a Professor of English at the University of Cape Town....
(Die Jogger).
- 2003 - Pieter Fourie (complete drama oeuvre)
- 2006 - Deon Opperman (for his drama oeuvre up until 2005)
- 2009 - Deon Opperman (Kaburu).
Prose
- 1917 - Jochem van Bruggen (Teleurgestel)
- 1920 - Leon Maré (Ou Malkop).
- 1925 - Jochem van Bruggen (Ampie: die natuurkind).
- 1926 - D.F. Malherbe (Die meulenaar).
- 1927 - Jochem van Bruggen (Ampie: die meisiekind); C.J. Langenhoven (Skaduwees van Nasaret); Sangiro (Diamantkoors and Twee fortuinsoekers).
- 1930 - D.F. Malherbe (Hans-die-Skipper); G.C. and S.B. Hobson (Kees van die Kalahari).
- 1933 - Jochem van Bruggen (Die sprinkaanbeampte van Sluis).
- 1936 - MikroMikroMikro is a Greek band based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was formed in 1998 and was named after the Greek word micro used in metric measuring systems. Their main focus is electronic music...
(Toiings and Pelgrims).
- 1939 - D.F. Malherbe (Saul die worstelheld and Die profeet).
- 1942 - C.M. van den Heever (Laat vrugte).
- 1945 - Sangiro (all his prose work).
- 1953 - M.E.R.M.E.R.Maria Elizabeth Rothmann was an Afrikaans writer, and co-founder of the Voortrekkers youth movement. Her unique contribution to Afrikaans literature was an ethical didactic, cultural historic review of a bygone Afrikaans society.-Biography:She was born in Swellendam, in the then Cape Colony...
(all his prose work).
- 1957 - Elise Muller (Die vrou op die skuit).
- 1958 - N.P. van Wyk Louw (for critical prose and essays: Die mens agter die boek, Maskers van die erns, Lojale verset and Berigte te velde).
- 1961 - F.A. VenterF.A. VenterFrancois Alwyn Venter was a prominent Afrikaans writer of the 20th century. His novels explored biblical religious themes, or cultural identities in the South African context. He also examined relations between white and black more closely in Wit oemfaan, which describes a white boy's discovery...
(Swart pelgrim and Geknelde land).
- 1964 - Etienne LerouxEtienne LerouxEtienne Leroux was an influential Afrikaans author and a key member of the South African Sestigers literary movement. He was born on June 13 as Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux, son of S.P. Le Roux, a South African Minister of Agriculture....
(Sewe dae by die Silbersteins).
- 1970 - Karel SchoemanKarel SchoemanKarel Schoeman is a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. The author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa's most awarded and highly-regarded authors. Although several of Schoeman's non-fiction works are available in English, he has...
(By fakkellig, 'n Lug vol helder wolke and Spiraal).
- 1973 - Chris BarnardChris Barnard (author)Christiaan Johan Barnard is a South African author born July 15, 1939. Well known for penning various Afrikaans novels, novellas, columns, youth novels, short stories, plays, radio dramas, film scripts and television dramas....
(Mahala and Duiwel-in-die-bos).
- 1976 - Anna M. LouwAnna M. LouwAnna M. Louw was an author from South Africa. She was born on a farm near Calvinia. She studied English, Afrikaans, Dutch, German, French and Psychology at Stellenbosch University before living in New York for two years. On her return to South Africa, she studied at the University of Cape Town,...
(Kroniek van Perdepoort).
- 1979 - Etienne Leroux (Magersfontein, O Magersfontein!).
- 1982 - Hennie AucampHennie AucampHennie Aucamp is an Afrikaans poet, short story writer, cabaretist and academic. He grew up on a farm in the Stormberg highlands and matriculated in Jamestown before continuing his higher education at the University of Stellenbosch...
(all his prose).
- 1984 - Henriette Grové (Die kêrel van die Pêrel).
- 1986 - Karel Schoeman ( 'n Ander land)
- 1989 - Etienne van HeerdenEtienne van Heerden-Biography:Van Heerden was born in 1954, six years after the official advent of apartheid. His mother was an English speaking mathematics teacher. His father, an Afrikaans speaking merino stud breeder, farmed the family farm in the Karoo...
(Toorberg).
- 1992 - Wilma Stockenström (Abjater wat so lag).
- 1995 - Karel Schoeman (Hierdie lewe).
- 1998 - Elsa JoubertElsa JoubertElsa Joubert , born as Elsabé Antoinette Murray on 19 October 1922 in Paarl, is an Afrikaans-speaking South African writer. Elsa Joubert rose to prominence with her novel Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena, which was translated into 13 languages and also staged as a drama.Elsa Joubert grew up in...
(Die reise van Isobelle).
- 2001 - André BrinkAndré BrinkAndré Philippus Brink, OIS, is a South African novelist. He writes in Afrikaans and English and is a Professor of English at the University of Cape Town....
(Donkermaan).
- 2004 - Ingrid Winterbach (Niggie).
- 2007 - Marlene van NiekerkMarlene van NiekerkMarlene van Niekerk is a South African author who is best known for her novel Triomf. Her graphic and controversial descriptions of a poor Afrikaner family in Johannesburg brought her to the forefront of a post-apartheid society, still struggling to come to terms with all the changes in South...
(Agaat).
- 2010 - Etienne van HeerdenEtienne van Heerden-Biography:Van Heerden was born in 1954, six years after the official advent of apartheid. His mother was an English speaking mathematics teacher. His father, an Afrikaans speaking merino stud breeder, farmed the family farm in the Karoo...
(30 Nagte in Amsterdam).
Scientific prose
- 1943 - J. du P. Scholtz (Die Afrikaner en sy taal).
- 1944 - C. Beyers (Die Kaapse Patriotte).