Ingrid Jonker Prize
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The Ingrid Jonker Prize is a literary prize for the best debut work of Afrikaans
or English
poetry. It was instituted in honour of Ingrid Jonker
after her death in 1965.
The yearly prize, consisting of R1000 and a medal, is awarded alternately to an Afrikaans or English poet who has published a first volume in the previous two years.
Afrikaans
Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken natively in South Africa and Namibia. It is a daughter language of Dutch, originating in its 17th century dialects, collectively referred to as Cape Dutch .Afrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , .Afrikaans was historically called Cape...
or English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
poetry. It was instituted in honour of Ingrid Jonker
Ingrid Jonker
Ingrid Jonker , was a South African poet. Although she wrote in Afrikaans, her poems have been widely translated into other languages...
after her death in 1965.
The yearly prize, consisting of R1000 and a medal, is awarded alternately to an Afrikaans or English poet who has published a first volume in the previous two years.
Award winners
- 2009 - Loftus Marais - Staan in die algemeen nader aan vensters
- 2008 - Megan HallMegan Hall (poet)Megan Hall is a South African poet. She was born and lives in Cape Town.Her first volume of poems Fourth Child won the Ingrid Jonker Prize for 2008.-References:...
- Fourth Child - 2007 - Danie Marais - In die buitenste ruimte
- 2005 - Rustum KozainRustum KozainRustum Kozain is a South African poet and writer.He was born in Paarl. After he matriculated, he studied at the .From 1994 - 1995 he attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio on a Fullbright Scholarship....
- This Carting Life - 2003 - Finuala DowlingFinuala DowlingFinuala Dowling is a South African poet and writer.The seventh of eight children born to radio broadcasters Eve van der Byl and Paddy Dowling, Finuala Dowling obtained an MA in English from the University of Cape Town before lecturing in English at the University of South Africa for eight years...
- i flying - 2001 - Kobus MoolmanKobus MoolmanKobus Moolman is a South African poet.He has published four volumes of poetry, a collection of radio plays, and teaches creative writing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban...
- Feet of the Sky - 1997 - Charl-Pierre Naude - Die Nomadiese Oomblik
- 1995 - Steve Shapiro - In a Borrowed Tent
- 1994 - Gert Vlok NelGert Vlok NelGert Vlok Nel is a South African poet. He studied English, Afrikaans and history at Stellenbosch University and worked as a guide, a bartender and a watchman. He has published one collection of poems, Om te lewe is onnatuurlik , for which he received the Ingrid Jonker Prize...
- Om te lewe is onnatuurlik - 1993 - Ken Barris - Advertisement for Air
- 1989 - John EppelJohn EppelJohn Eppel was born in Lydenburg, South Africa. He moved to Colleen Bawn, a small mining town in the south of Southern Rhodesia , at the age of four. He was educated at Milton High School in Bulawayo, and later attended the University of Natal in South Africa. He married at the age of 34 and has...
- Spoils of War - 1978 - 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...
- Sprokkelster - 1973 - Mongane Wally SeroteMongane Wally SeroteMongane Wally Serote is a South African poet and writer. He was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg and went to school in Alexandra, Lesotho and Soweto. He first became involved in Black Consciousness when he was finishing high school in Soweto...
- Yakhal'Inkomo - 1965 - Ruth MillerRuth Miller (poet)Ruth Miller was a South African poet. Born in 1919 in Uitenhage she grew up in the northern Transvaal and spent her adult life in Johannesburg. She worked as a school secretary and later English teacher. She died of cancer in 1969....
- Floating Islands