The Alba Bouwer Prize is a prize for outstanding children's literature

Children's literature

Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...

 in Afrikaans, awarded triennially by the South African Academy of Science and Arts. Works qualifying for the prize should have been published within the preceding three years, and be intended for under-12s. The prize is named in honour of children's author Alba Bouwer

Alba Bouwer

Albertha Magdalena Bouwer was a South African Afrikaans-writing journalist and author. She is best known for her series of children's stories about the experiences of a small girl called Alie growing up in the fictional location Rivierplaas in rural Free State...

 (born 1920), herself a three-time winner of the Academy's Scheepers Prize for youth literature (Scheepersprys vir Jeugliteratuur), instituted in 1956.

Recipients

Recipients of the Alba Bouwer Prize are:

• 1989 Freda Linde, for Strepie en Kurfie (1987)
• 1992 Joint winners:
  • Barrie Hough, for Droomwa (1990)
  • Marietjie de Jongh, for Braam en die engel (1991)
• 1995 Corlia Fourie, for Die towersak en ander stories (1994) and Die wit vlinder (1993)
• 1998 Philip de Vos, for Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie (1995)
• 2001 Martie Preller, for Die Balkie-boek (2000)
• 2004 Leon de Villiers, for Droomoog Diepgrawer (2003)
• 2007 Jaco Jacobs, for Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies (2005)
• 2010 Linda Rode, for In die Nimmer-Immer-bos

External links

• South African Academy of Science and Arts (in Afrikaans)