Olive Schreiner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (1995) Winner
Alan James
アラン・ジェームズ
Aran Jēmuzu
Aliases:
Allan James
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- South Africa → Australia
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer, law lecturer
- Active Years
- 1972-2017
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Olive Schreiner Prize | Morning Near Genadendal | — | English Academy of South Africa | won |
Olive Schreiner Prize
1995
Work:
Morning Near Genadendal
Organization:
English Academy of South Africa
Result:
won
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Morning Near Genadendal
1992 poetryFerry to Robben Island
1996 poetryThe First Bushman's Path
2001 Stories, Songs and TestimoniesStories, Songs and Testimonies of the /Xam of the northern Cape: versions with commentary
Bibliography
- The Dictator
- From Bitterfontein
- At a Rail Halt
- Producing the Landscape
- Morning Near Genadendal
- Ferry to Robben Island
- The First Bushman's Path: Stories, Songs and Testimonies of the /Xam of the northern Cape: versions with commentary
- They will call him Immanuel
- The Messiah must suffer and rise
Legacy
South African poet who won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1995 for Morning Near Genadendal. Now living in Australia. Former law lecturer and founder of the poetry journal Upstream. Has published seven collections of poetry and recently two volumes of day-to-day Bible readings.
Trivia
- Founder of the poetry journal Upstream.