Central News Agency Literary Award

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The Central News Agency Literary Award (CNA Literary Award, CNA Prize) is a major annual literary award in South Africa.^[1] It is named for the CNA chain of bookstores. It recognises works in prose and poetry, and in both the English language and Afrikaans.^[2]

[edit] Past winners (incomplete list)

• 1995: Margaret McCord: The Calling of Katie Makanye
• 1993: Nelson Mandela: Long Road to Freedom
• 1989: Christopher Hope: White Boy Running
• 1984: J. M. Coetzee: Life & Times of Michael K
• 1982: André Brink: A Chain of Voices
• 1980: J. M. Coetzee: Waiting for the Barbarians; Nadine Gordimer
• 1978: André Brink: Rumours of Rain
• 1977: J. M. Coetzee: In the Heart of the Country
• 1975: Nadine Gordimer
• 1974: Nadine Gordimer
• 1961 Siegfried Stander: The Desert Place

[edit] See also

• Alan Paton Award
• Sanlam Literary Award

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Described as the 'then principal literary award', in 1977, by nobelprize.org.[1]
2. ^ There is no restriction by language within South Africa's indigenous languages (Callil and Tóibín, The Modern Library (1999) p.223); authors must be South African by birth or permanent residence.