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… Kühn (Mikro), Afrikaans author, receives the Scheepers Prize for youth work. …

… Etienne Leroux (67), Afrikaans author and Hertzog Prize winner, dies in a Bloemfontein hospital. …

… Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the University of Texas. Teaches literature … as his first recognition internationally. Wins the CNA Prize (South Africa's highest literary honour), and the … makes the long list for the Booker Prize. Is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. …

… He entered an essay on Islam for the ‘Archbishop’s Essay Prize’ and duly won. He then decided that this was to be the … whilst in America, Tutu learnt that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize award for his effort in calling for an end … Kyi, the former leader of Burma’s opposition and fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner. However, once Suu Kyi was released, …

… Police arrested Timol at a roadblock and found Community literature in the car, which they traced back to Desai. … he contact Timol who would be able to shed light on the literature found in her car. It was only then that she learnt …

… a Durban patron, established the Gundelfinger Prize for the best painting of “native life”. The prize was worth 20 guineas. With the growth of its popularity …

… been nominated for the inaugural Prix Pictet photography prize and has also received numerous assignments from …

… from the South African Chemical Institute (1987), a Merit Prize from the CSIR (1987), the Havenga Prize for Chemistry from the  Suid Afrikaans Akademie vir …

… a Durban patron, established the Gundelfinger Prize, worth 20 guineas, for the best painting of "native … NSA in Durban. Greaves, who worked in watercolour, won the prize in 1930. She was also a frequent exhibitor on SASA …

… Albert Schweitzer, French Nobel Award winner, physician and missionary in Africa, dies …

… Wallet Vilakazi , who was hailed as the ‘Father of Nguni Literature’. The composition was selected for the Teacher’s … Literary Awards in recognition of his service to African literature. Furthermore, a piano concerto composed by Bongani … of African Languages (1990), earned him the Via Afrika Prize for Linguistic Studies. He was highly critical of the …

… "Nikon/Flying Springbok Travel Photo of the Year", Second prize, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1991 "Beyond the … After  – Contemporary South African Photography. 2013 - Prize for Contemporary African Photography Exhibited at Basel … Festival in China – The Big Show portraits (Shared 1st prize Best Exhibition). 2011 - Angkor Photo Festival in …

… award). 1966: Konst Fack Art School, Stockholm, Sweden (prize/scholarship). 1982: Bradford Print Biennale (prize). Commissions: urals in Rorke's Drift Dining Room; …

… Afrikaans Literatur (South Africa as mirrored in Afrikaans literature, 1965), some of Fula’s unpublished works mentioned … Arts, Culture and Recreation, the National Afrikaans Literature Museum (NALN) and the Sesotho Literary Museum held … recognition of his excellent contribution to the field of literature and breaking stereotypes by writing in the …

… yet unpublished) is an important landmark in South African literature. Soga's translation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress …

… 1837. Faure has been called 'the father of South African literature', because he made the first organised effort to promote literature in the country. As early as 1831 he founded the …

… throughout the country in a search for illegal political literature. …

… Awards: 1987: UZ African Arts Festival Exhibition (first prize). Commissions: 1988: Anglovaal. Collections: DAM; KC; …

… Breyten Breytenbach receives the Hertzog Prize for his two poetry volumes, ‘Oorblyfsels: ‘n roudig’ …

… (Biennale). Awards: 1985: Valparaiso Biennale (sculpture prize). Collections: DAM; KC; WITS. …

… member and spokesperson of the Music, Drama, Arts and Literature Institute (MDALI) that was based in Soweto, and … state, as this affected all aspects of culture, from arts, literature, education and religion. He is currently a member …

… Leiker, made her first important contribution to medical literature when she identified and described another skin … Kok made significant contributions to the promotion of literature in the local Tiv language, encouraged local people …

… Nigeria’s 1986 Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, novelist, playwright and poet, …

… Mandela Shares Nobel Accolade With De Klerk by Bill Keller (The New York …

… later win him a series of awards such as the Pulitzer Prize (spot news) and several others. He had begun to work … collection of essays). Scribner USA, 2000. Awards Pulitzer Prize for spot news, 1991 Leica Award for excellence 1990 …

… to be present at the exhibition. In 1998 he won second prize in the outdoor sculpture competition/exhibition held at …

… in SA and in Swaziland. In 1982 he was awarded First Prize in Sculpture at the Festival of African Arts, …

… or internationally renowned individuals including Nobel Prize winners. Individuals who have been awarded this medal … E Mphahlele for exceptional achievement in the field of literature and to Professor P Tobias in the field of …

… study and teach English. In 1922 she completed her English Literature studies, receiving a Master of Arts degree from …

… Berman gave evening classes in culture, architecture, literature at in the Hillbrow Study Centre. It was through … of the Witwatersrand honored Berman with a Doctor of Literature degree (honoris causa) in acknowledgement of her …