South African Literary Awards
The South African Literary Awards are annual literary awards in South Africa.
Also referred to as SA Literary Awards or SALA
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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 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 are made in the following categories:
The South African National Poet Laureate Prize
First-time Published Author Award (open to all genres)
Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award (novels and novellas)
Poetry Award
Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award
Creative Non-Fiction Award
Literary Translators Award (South African literary works translated by a South African)
Literary Journalism Award
Posthumous Literary Award
Lifetime Achievement Literary Award (open to all genres)
Novel Award
Children’s Literature Award
Youth Literature Award
Chairperson’s Award (Awarded on the discretion of the Chairperson of the SALA Advisory Board).
The recipients
For a listing of the recipients since 2005, see the SALA website at https://sala.org.za/#
Sources
Go to ESAT Bibliography
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