Ingrid Jonker Prize
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 R10,000 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[edit]
- 2022 - Jacques Coetzee - An Illuminated Darkness[1]
- 2021 - Ryan Pedro - Pienk ceramic-hondjies[2]
- 2020 - Saaleha Idrees Bamjee - Zikr[3]
- 2019 - Pieter Odendaal - Asof geen berge ooit hier gewoon het nie[4]
- 2018 - Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese - Loud And Yellow Laughter[5]
- 2017 - Hilda Smits - die bome reusagtig soos ons was[6]
- 2016 - Thabo Jijana - Failing Maths and my other crimes
- 2015 - Nathan Trantraal - Chokers en survivors[7]
- 2014 - Karin Schimke - Bare & Breaking[8]
- 2013 - Hennie Nortjé - In die skadu van soveel bome [9]
- 2012 - Beverly Rycroft - Missing[10]
- 2011 - Melt Myburgh - oewerbestaan[11]
- 2010 - At first there was not to be an award;[12] later it was announced that Tanya van Schalkwyk won for her volume Hyphen[13]
- 2009 - Loftus Marais - Staan in die algemeen nader aan vensters[14][15]
- 2008 - Megan Hall - Fourth Child[16]
- 2007 - Danie Marais - In die buitenste ruimte[17][18]
- 2006 - Rustum Kozain - This Carting Life[19][20]
- 2005 - Ilse van Staden - Watervlerk[21]
- 2004 - Finuala Dowling - i flying[22][23]
- 2003 - Martjie Bosman - Landelik[24]
- 2002 - Kobus Moolman - Time like stone[25]
- 2001 - Zandra Bezuidenhout - Dansmusieke[26]
- 2000 - Brian Walter - Tracks
- 1999 - Trienke Laurie - Skietspoel
- 1998 - Dan Wylie - The road out
- 1997 - Charl-Pierre Naude - Die nomadiese oomblik[17]
- 1996 - Steve Shapiro - In a borrowed tent[27]
- 1995 - Gert Vlok Nel - Om te lewe is onnatuurlik[28]
- 1995 - Ken Barris - An advertisement for air[29][30]
- 1994 - No award[30]
- 1993 - P. J. Bosman - Ryp geel kring
- 1992 - Heather Robinson - Under the sun
- 1991 - H. J. Pieterse - Alruin[31]
- 1990 - John Eppel - Spoils of War[32]
- 1989 - Rosa Smit - Krone van die narsing
- 1988 - Graham Walker - The complete Libby Destrudo songbook
- 1987 - Donald W. Riekert - Heuning uit die swarthaak
- 1986 - No award
- 1985 - No award
- 1984 - Johann Lodewyk Marais - Die somer is 'n dag oud [33]
- 1983 - Jeremy Cronin - Inside and out
- 1982 - Johann de Lange - Akwarelle van die dors
- 1981 - T. T. Cloete - Angelliera[34]
- 1980 - No award
- 1979 - Mike Nicol - Among the souvenirs
- 1978 - Marlene van Niekerk - Sprokkelster[35]
- 1977 - Colin Style - Baobab Street [36]
- 1976 - J. C. Steyn - Die grammatika van liefhê
- 1975 - Mark Swift - Treading water
- 1974 - Leon Strydom - Geleentheidsverse
- 1973 - Mongane Wally Serote - Yakhal'Inkomo[37]
- 1972 - Lina Spies - Digby Vergenoeg[15]
- 1971 - No award
- 1970 - Sheila Cussons - Plektrum
- 1969 - Sinclair Simon Maurice Beiles - Ashes of experience
- 1968 - M. M. Walters - Apocrypha and Cabala
- 1967 - Sydney Clouts - One life
- 1966 - D. P. M. Botes - Wat is 'n gewone man?
- 1965 - Ruth Miller - Floating island
References[edit]
- ^ Schimke, Karin (24 July 2022). "AN ILLUMINATED DARKNESS: Ingrid Jonker Prize winner Jacques Coetzee on political awakening, blindness, poetry and music". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Die tiende Tuin van Digters, 'n visuele oorsig". LitNet. 27 October 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- ^ Malec, Jennifer (13 July 2020). "'[The JRB Daily] Saaleha Idrees Bamjee wins 2020 Ingrid Jonker Prize for debut poetry for Zikr, a poignant collection of longing and loss". The Johannesburg Review of Books. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
- ^ Opperman, AJ (2 July 2019). "'Literêre pryse is vreemde goed' - wenner van Ingrid Jonker-debuutprys". Netwerk24. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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- ^ de Vries, Izak (10 September 2014). "Die Ingrid Jonker Prys aan Karin Schimke oorhandig". LitNet.
- ^ "Hennie Nortjé wen die Ingrid Jonker Prys 2013". 15 October 2013.
- ^ "Beverly Rycroft Wins the 2012 Ingrid Jonker Prize for Missing".
- ^ Odendaal, Pieter (10 August 2011). "Melt Myburgh wen die Ingrid Jonker Prys 2011". SLiP.
- ^ "The Ingrid Jonker Prize's 2010 Hiatus: A Statement from the Prize Committee".
- ^ "Tania van Schalkwyk wen Ingrid Jonker-prys vir 2010". Versindaba. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Poetry International Web - Loftus Marais". Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
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- ^ "Danie Marais; or how melancholy finally paid off - Fred de Vries". Archived from the original on 4 November 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2009.
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- ^ "Zandra Bezuidenhout". www.stellenboschwriters.com. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ Gus (5 July 2007). "New haiku from Steve Shapiro". Books Live. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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