The Eugène Marais Prize is a South African literary prize awarded by the

Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns The Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (SAAWK) (literally ''South African Academy for Science and Arts'') is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to promoting science, technology and the arts in Afrikaans, as well as promoting ...

for a first or early publication in

Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...

. In 1971 it was renamed after the Afrikaans poet and researcher

Eugène Marais Eugène Nielen Marais (; 9 January 1871 – 29 March 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, and important writer and poète maudit in the Second Language Movement of Afrikaans literature. Since his death by his own hand, Marais has be ...

. The prize has no genre limitation, but only works that have appeared in the previous calendar year are eligible. Further, an author can only win the award once. The prize money (as of 2009) was R22 000 and was sponsored by ABSA and ''

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''.

List of winners

* 1961 – Audrey Blignault ( and her contribution to ) * 1963 – André P. Brink (''Caesar'') * 1964 – Dolf van Niekerk ();

Elsa Joubert Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert OIS (19 October 1922 – 14 June 2020) was a Sestigers Afrikaans-language writer. She rose to prominence with her novel '' Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena'' (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena), which was tra ...

() * 1965 – George Louw () * 1966 – Henriette Grové (all of her dramatic work) * 1967 – Abraham H. de Vries (all of his prose) * 1968 – M.M. Walters (''Cabala'') * 1970 – P.G. Hendriks () * 1971 – Sheila Cussons (''')'' * 1972 –

Lina Spies Carellina Pieternella (Lina) Spies (born 6 March 1939 in Harrismith, in North-Eastern Free State South Africa) is an Afrikaans poet and academic. She received both the 1972 Eugène Marais Prize and 1972 Ingrid Jonker Prize, for her first volu ...

() * 1973 –

Antjie Krog Antjie Krog (born 1952) is a South African writer and academic, best known for her Afrikaans poetry, her reporting on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and her 1998 book '' Country of My Skull''. In 2004, she joined the Arts faculty of t ...

() * 1974 – Leon Strydom () * 1975 – P.J. Haasbroek () * 1976 – J.C. Steyn () * 1978 –

Marlene van Niekerk Marlene van Niekerk (born 10 November 1954) is a South African poet, writer, and academic. She is best known for her novels, the satirical tragicomedy ''Triomf'' (1994) and the Hertzog-winning ''Agaat'' (2004), which explore themes including th ...

() * 1979 – Eveleen Castelyn () * 1980 – Petra Müller () * 1981 – Annesu de Vos () * 1982 – Louis Krüger () * 1983 – E. Kotze () * 1984 – Etienne van Heerden () * 1985 – Alexander Strachan () * 1986 – Freek Swart () * 1987 – Joan Hambidge (); Deon Opperman () * 1988 – P.C. Haarhoff () * 1989 – Philip de Vos () * 1990 – Henning Pieterse () * 1991 – Pieter Stoffberg () * 1992 – Riana Scheepers () * 1993 – Marita van der Vyver () * 1994 – Mark Behr (); Ronel de Goede () * 1995 – Johan Myburg () * 1996 – E.W.S. Hammond (); A.H.M. Scholtz () * 1997 – Jaco Fouché () * 1998 – Johann Botha () * 1999 – Cristoffel Coetzee (posthumous) () * 2000 – S.P. Benjamin () * 2001 – Tom Dreyer () * 2002 – Dine van Zyl () * 2003 – Barbara Fölscher () * 2004 – Ilse van Staden () * 2005 – Melanie Grobler () * 2006 – Marlize Hobbs () * 2007 – Danie Marais () * 2008 – Helena Gunter () * 2009 – Ronelda Kamfer (); Loftus Marais () * 2010 – Carel van der Merwe () * 2011 – Nicole Jaekel Strauss () * 2012 – Sonja Loots () * 2013 – Hennie Nortjé () * 2014 – Dominique Botha () * 2015 – Nicola Hanekom () * 2016 – Stephanus Muller () * 2017 – Bibi Slippers (); Lien Botha ();

Amy Jephta Amy Jephta is a South African playwright, screenwriter, theatre director, and teacher. Early life and education Amy Jephta is from Mitchells Plain in Cape Town. She has a BA in theatre and performance (2009) and an MA in theatre and performa ...

() * 2018 – Fanie Naudé () * 2019 – Andries Buys ( under the pseudonym Lodewyk G. du Plessis) * 2020 – Johan Jack Smith ('')'' * 2021 – Jolyn Phillips () * 2022 – Ashwin Arendse ( (poetry) and Frederik de Jager ( * 2023 – Kirby van der Merwe ( (prose) * 2024 – Nicola Hanekom ( (drama) and Pieter Odendaal () (poetry)https://assets.website-files.com/638efa1bbea3b03765963904/66221a61723224142654460a_Mediaverklaring%20SA%20Akademiepryse%20-%20April%202024%20finaal.pdf

References

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