Alba Bouwer Prize
The Alba Bouwer Prize is a prize for outstanding children's literature in Afrikaans, awarded triennially by the South African Academy of Science and Arts. Works qualifying for the prize should have been published within the preceding three years, and be intended for under-12s. The prize is named in honour of children's author Alba Bouwer, herself a three-time winner of the, instituted in 1956.Recipients
Recipients of the Alba Bouwer Prize are:
- 1989 Freda Linde, Strepie en Kurfie
- 1992 Joint winners:
- * Barrie Hough, Droomwa
- * Marietjie de Jongh, Braam en die engel
- 1995 Corlia Fourie, Die towersak en ander stories and Die wit vlinder
- 1998 Philip de Vos, Moenie 'n mielie kielie nie
- 2001 Martie Preller, Die Balkie-boek
- 2004 Leon de Villiers, Droomoog Diepgrawer
- 2007 Jaco Jacobs, Wurms met tamatiesous en ander lawwe rympies
- 2010 Linda Rode, In die Nimmer-Immer-bos
- 2013 Elizabeth Wasserman, Anna Atoom-reeks
- 2016 Kobus Geldenhuys, Hoekom die walvisse gekom het
- 2019 Jaco Jacobs, Moenie hierdie boek eet nie!
