2014 book award alan paton

Shaun viljoen discusses his book shortlisted for the 2014 sunday times literary awards, presented in association with exclusive books. Get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award. Alan paton has 59 books on goodreads with 116390 ratings. Previous winners of the anisfieldwolf awards include alan paton, zora neale. Sunday times literary awards longlist 2018 announced. A worldwide bestseller when it was first published in 1948, alan patons impassioned novel about a black mans country under white mans law is a work of searing beauty. He was also the runnerup of the sunday times alan paton award for his book life on commando during the angloboer war 18991902. Paton was born in pietermaritzburg in the colony of natal now south africas kwazulunatal province, the son of a civil servant.

Mugabe, zanu and the quest for supremacy 196087, stuart doran bookstorm the judges voted quickly and unanimously to shortlist this massive book. Ting ting masango was one of the delmas four, and was recently immortalised in peter harriss alan paton awardwinning book, in a different time. In addition, wiener is the series editor of the youngsters which features several young south african voices. Cry, the beloved country is the deeply moving story of stephen kumalo, a zulu pastor, and his son, absalom. Alan stewart paton was born and educated in pietermaritzburg, kwazulunatal. It recognizes a book that offers the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable. He started his career by teaching at a school in ixopo where he met and married his first. The alan paton award is a south african literary award for nonfiction, sponsored by the johannesburg weekly the sunday times. Filiz garip winner of the 2018 mirra komarovsky book award, eastern sociological society cowinner of the 2017 best book award, migration and citizenship section of the american political science association winner of the 2017 otis dudley duncan award, section on population of the american sociological association honorable mention for the 2019.

In cry he wrote of the wretched lives and condition of the black south african. The award is in honour the alan paton award is a south african literary award for nonfiction, sponsored by the johannesburg weekly the sunday times. Awards are given in five categories novel, first novel, poetry, biography, and childrens. Prishani naidoo is a writer, researcher and lecturer in the department of sociology at wits university. Books by alan paton author of cry, the beloved country. The experience of writing and publishing it changed paton s life forever. Robertsons debut novel the spiral house, a grand tale spanning two seminal periods in south african history, received the coveted fiction prize.

Five works of literary nonfiction vie for the alan paton award, which marks its 25th anniversary this year. The book vies with four other titles for the award. The respective interviews appear alongside the relevant author images below. The jrb daily 2018 alan paton award for nonfiction.

Congratulations to all the authors on the long list for the sunday times alan paton prize for nonfiction. The literarian award for outstanding contribution to the american literary community will be presented to kyle zimmer, cofounder of first book, a nonprofit based in washington, d. A total of ten books were shortlisted for the alan paton award and the sunday times fiction prize 2014 naomi meyer interviewed each of the shortlisted authors. With an everincreasing number of books being entered for the sunday times literary awards, formal longlists have been constituted for the first time, curated by the award chairs in consultation with conveners ben williams and michele magwood. A worldwide bestseller when it was first published in 1948, alan paton s impassioned novel about a black mans country under white mans law is a work of searing beauty. Npa vusi pikoli, was also shortlisted for the alan paton award and was crwyswilliams nonfiction book of the year in 20. His works include the novels cry, the beloved country and too late the phalarope. As a leading global manufacturer of crushing, grinding and mining equipments, we offer advanced, reasonable solutions for any sizereduction requirements including, themes of the short story the quarry by alan paton, quarry, aggregate, and different kinds of minerals. I met him him close to 20 years ago when he was on hunger strike along with fellow soldiers neo potsane and jabu masina. This is such an important book about prosecutorial independence, speaking truth to power, integrity and about holding our government to account.

Driven by his own moral struggles, patons book confronts the difficult choices every man faces in the course of his life. Most notably, andrew brown was the recipient of the sunday times fiction prize for coldsleep lullaby in 2006. Former letters editor and feature writer for the witness, christopher merrett, has been been longlisted for the 2017 alan paton award for nonfiction, along with fellow authors andre odendaal, krish reddy and jonty winch for. Sc degree and a higher diploma in education between 1919 and 1924. The wits university press title richard rive a partial biography by shaun viljoen was announced to be on the shortlist for the prestigious 2014 alan paton award. The alan paton award for nonfiction criteria stipulate that the prize should be bestowed on a book that presents the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power, and that demonstrates compassion, elegance of writing, and intellectual and moral integrity. Shaun viljoen discusses his book shortlisted for the 2014 sunday times.

Apr 03, 2018 the alan paton award for nonfiction criteria stipulate that the prize should be bestowed on a book that presents the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power, and that demonstrates compassion, elegance of writing, and intellectual and moral integrity. National book awards finalists announced washington post. But he imagined a better world through the lives of his major characters. Estelle sinkins takes a look at the books on the longlist for the alan paton award for nonfiction. Alan paton began his best known novel, cry, the beloved country 1948, after he had already spent many years working as the principal at correctional facility for black youth. Apr 08, 2020 alan paton, in full alan stewart paton, born january 11, 1903, pietermaritzburg, natal, south africadied april 12, 1988, near durban, natal, south african writer, best known for his first novel, cry, the beloved country 1948, a passionate tale of racial injustice that brought international attention to the problem of apartheid in south africa. May 17, 2014 the judges now present the shortlists for the 2014 sunday times literary awards, in association with exclusive books. Lital levy cowinner of the 2014 mla prize for a first book, modern language association winner of the 2014 salo baron prize, american academy for jewish research cowinner of the 2014 jordan schnitzer book award in jewish literature and linguistics, association for jewish studies see more. A biography is a warts and all portrait of a man whose greatness was hardwon, and whose sympathy and tolerance for others was based on his own moral strugglesand victories. The winners of the 2014 anisfieldwolf awards were announced. Mar 26, 2014 the winners of the 2014 anisfieldwolf awards were announced. In too late the phalarope, published in 1953, five years after cry, paton shows exactly how apartheid negatively affected whites, as well. Pan macmillan is delighted to announce that vusi pikolis and mandy wieners bestselling book, my second initiation. The british book awards or nibbies ran from 19902009 and founded by the editor of publishing news.

The experience of writing and publishing it changed patons life forever. Sunday times announces shortlists for south africas alan. Sc degree and a higher diploma in education between. This is the 29th year the alan paton award will be bestowed on a book that presents the illumination of truthfulness, especially those forms of it that are new, delicate, unfashionable and fly in the face of power, and that demonstrates compassion, elegance of writing, and intellectual and moral integrity. Alan paton, in full alan stewart paton, born january 11, 1903, pietermaritzburg, natal, south africadied april 12, 1988, near durban, natal, south african writer, best known for his first novel, cry, the beloved country 1948, a passionate tale of racial injustice that brought international attention to the problem of apartheid in south africa. Mandys second book, my second initiation, written with former head of the npa vusi pikoli, was also shortlisted for the alan paton award and was crwyswilliams nonfiction book of the year in 20. Alan stewart paton 11 january 1903 12 april 1988 was a south african author and antiapartheid activist. Sunday times has announced the shortlists for the prestigious south african literary prizes.

Among the poets who have received the book of the year award are ted hughes for tales from ovid in. Cry, the beloved country is a novel by alan paton, published in 1948. Apr 04, 2017 estelle sinkins takes a look at the books on the longlist for the alan paton award for nonfiction. The awards are the barry ronge fiction prize formerly sunday times fiction prize 200114 and the alan paton award for works of nonfiction 1989present. Posts about sunday times alan paton award written by karina. In the remote village of ndotsheni, in the natal province of eastern south africa, the reverend stephen kumalo receives a letter from a fellow minister summoning him to johannesburg. The 2014 sunday times alan paton award longlist sunday. Themes of the short story the quarry by alan paton products.

The award was then acquired by agile marketing which renamed it the national book awards with headline sponsors galaxy national book awards 201011 sponsored by galaxy and specsavers national book awards 20122014 sponsored by specsavers. Sunday times newspaper has announced the longlists for the alan paton award and the barry ronge fiction prize. The sunday times literary awards are composed of two awards, fiction and nonfiction, given by the south african newspaper the sunday times. For information related to submitting a book for consideration please visit submission guidelines or email us at. The judges now present the shortlists for the 2014 sunday times literary awards, in association with exclusive books. Alan patons most popular book is cry, the beloved country.

It was also chosen as jenny crwyswilliams book of the year in 2011. Oct 15, 2014 get to know the finalists for the 2014 national book award on tuesday night, finalists for the national book awards read from their nominated works at the new school in new york city. Oct 15, 2014 the literarian award for outstanding contribution to the american literary community will be presented to kyle zimmer, cofounder of first book, a nonprofit based in washington, d. Jul 22, 2019 sunday times has announced the shortlists for the prestigious south african literary prizes.

It is also a portrait of 20th century south africa and the amazing political metamorphosis that. It is also a portrait of 20th century south africa and the amazing political metamorphosis that country saw during paton s lifetime. The memoir of vusi pikoli, published under its picador africa imprint, has been shortlisted for the 2014 sunday times alan paton award. The longlist for the 2014 sunday times alan paton award has been announced. My second initiation by vusi pikoli and mandy wiener. Mandy wiener i am delighted to see the close collaboration of vusi pikoli and mandy wiener rewarded with the shortlisting of my second initiation for the 2014 sunday times alan paton award. Driven by his own moral struggles, paton s book confronts the difficult choices every man faces in the course of his life. Marking the 25th anniversary of the alan paton award, max du preez claimed the prestigious prize for a rumour of spring, a considered examination of south africa after 20 years of democracy. The winning author, to be announced in june, will receive r75 000.

Common knowledge book awards the librarians choice. Alan paton award in 25th year 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the sunday times alan paton award, awarded annually to a book that presents, in the words of the criteria, the illumination of. Alan stuart paton was born in pietermaritzburg in 1903, and studied at the university of natal in pietermaritzburg, taking a b. The 2014 sunday times alan paton award shortlist sunday. After he was denied entry into the services during world war ii, paton set off on a tour of the worlds correctional facilities, visiting northern and central europe.