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==History==
 
==History==
  
Founded by the wRite associates, in partnership with the national [[Department of Arts and Culture]] ([[DAC]]) in 2005, the main aim of the [[South African Literary Awards]] ([[SALA]]) is to pay tribute to South African writers who have distinguished themselves as ground-breaking producers and creators of literature, while it celebrates literary excellence in the depiction and sharing of South Africa’s histories, value systems, philosophies and art as inscribed and preserved in all the official languages of South Africa.
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Founded by the [[Write Associates]] [[wRite associates]], in partnership with the national [[Department of Arts and Culture]] ([[DAC]]) in 2005, the main aim of the [[South African Literary Awards]] ([[SALA]]) is to pay tribute to South African writers who have distinguished themselves as ground-breaking producers and creators of literature, while it celebrates literary excellence in the depiction and sharing of South Africa’s histories, value systems, philosophies and art as inscribed and preserved in all the official languages of South Africa.
  
 
The Awards honour our living literary practitioners, legends and, where appropriate, others posthumously. To date, the South African Literary Awards has honoured 133 authors and they are becoming the most prestigious and respected literary accolades in South African literature.
 
The Awards honour our living literary practitioners, legends and, where appropriate, others posthumously. To date, the South African Literary Awards has honoured 133 authors and they are becoming the most prestigious and respected literary accolades in South African literature.

Revision as of 15:51, 26 February 2022

The South African Literary Awards are annual literary awards in South Africa.

Also referred to as SA Literary Awards or SALA

History

Founded by the Write Associates wRite associates, in partnership with the national Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) in 2005, the main aim of the South African Literary Awards (SALA) is to pay tribute to South African writers who have distinguished themselves as ground-breaking producers and creators of literature, while it celebrates literary excellence in the depiction and sharing of South Africa’s histories, value systems, philosophies and art as inscribed and preserved in all the official languages of South Africa.

The Awards honour our living literary practitioners, legends and, where appropriate, others posthumously. To date, the South African Literary Awards has honoured 133 authors and they are becoming the most prestigious and respected literary accolades in South African literature.

The awardees

Sources

https://sala.org.za/

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