Alan Paton Award2018

Given by Sunday Times (South Africa)

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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 näytä lisää 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 näytä vähemmän
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Kaikki, Winner (34), Shortlist (56), Longlist (310), No Stage (1)
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Kaikki, 2024 (23), 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

TeosVuosi
The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme (tekijä: Bongani Ngqulunga)2018

Shortlist 2

TeosVuosi
No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela (tekijä: Thandeka Gqubule)2018
Always Another Country (tekijä: Sisonke Msimang)2018

Longlist 17

TeosVuosi
Spy (tekijä: Jonathan Ancer)2018
Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story (tekijä: Lee R. Berger)2018
65 Years of Friendship (tekijä: George Bizos)2018
Rule of Law: A Memoir (tekijä: Glynnis Breytenbach)2018
Being Chris Hani's Daughter (tekijä: Melinda Ferguson)2018
Reflecting rogue : inside the mind of a feminist (tekijä: Pumla Dineo Gqola)2018
Get Up! Stand Up! : Personal journeys towards social justice (tekijä: Mark Heywood)2018
A Simple Man: KASRILS and the ZUMA ENIGMA (tekijä: Ronnie Kasrils)2018
Dare Not Linger: The Presidential Years (tekijä: Nelson Mandela)2018
Democracy and Delusion : 10 Myths in South African Politics (tekijä: Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh)2018
The Republic of Gupta: A Story of State Capture (tekijä: Pieter-Louis Myburgh)2018
How to Steal a City: The Battle for Nelson Mandela Bay: An Inside Account (tekijä: Crispian Olver)2018
The President's Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and out of Prison (tekijä: Jacques Pauw)2018
Miss Behave (tekijä: Malebo Sephodi)2018
Hitmen for Hire: Exposing South Africa's Underworld (tekijä: Mark Shaw)2018
Khwezi: The Story of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (tekijä: Redi Tlhabi)2018
Apartheid Guns and Money: A Tale of Profit (tekijä: Hennie Van Vuuren)2018

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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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