Quick facts for kids Alba Bouwer Prize |
| Country |
South Africa |
The Alba Bouwer Prize (Afrikaans: Alba Bouwerprys vir Kinderliteratuur) is a prize for outstanding children's literature 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 (1920–2010), herself a three-time winner of the Academy's Scheepers Prize for youth literature [af], instituted in 1956.
Recipients
Alba Bouwer Prize recipients
| Year |
Author |
Title |
| 1989 |
Linde, FredaFreda Linde |
Strepie en Kurfie (1987) |
| 1992 |
Hough, BarrieBarrie Hough |
Droomwa (1990) |
| de Jongh, MarietjieMarietjie de Jongh |
Braam en die engel (1991) |
| 1995 |
Fourie, CorliaCorlia Fourie |
towersak en ander stories Die towersak en ander stories (1994) |
| wit vlinder Die wit vlinder (1993) |
| 1998 |
de Vos, PhilipPhilip de Vos |
Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie (1995) |
| 2001 |
Preller, MartieMartie Preller |
Balkie-boek Die Balkie-boek (2000) |
| 2004 |
de Villiers, LeonLeon de Villiers |
Droomoog Diepgrawer (2003) |
| 2007 |
Jacobs, JacoJaco Jacobs |
Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies (2005) |
| 2010 |
Rode, LindaLinda Rode |
In die Nimmer-Immer-bos (2009) |
| 2013 |
Wasserman, ElizabethElizabeth Wasserman |
Anna Atoom-reeks (2012) |
| 2016 |
Geldenhuys, KobusKobus Geldenhuys |
Hoekom die walvisse gekom het (a translation of Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo) |
| 2019 |
Jacobs, JacoJaco Jacobs |
Moenie hierdie boek eet nie! (2016) |
