Ingrid Jonker Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 16 (1982) Winner
Johann de Lange
ヨハン・デ・ラング
Yohan de Rangu
Aliases:
Daniël Johannes de Lange
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-12-22 （Pretoria, Union of South Africa）
- Died
- 2025-03-27 age 65
- Nationality
- South African
- Languages
- Afrikaans
- Residence History
- Pretoria, South Africa
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Critic
- Active Years
- 1982-2025
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Ingrid Jonker Prize | Aquarelles of thirst | Poetry | — | Winner |
| 1988 | Rapport Prize for Poetry | Changing | Poetry | — | Winner |
| 2011 | Hertzog Prize for Poetry | The algebra of need | Poetry | — | Winner |
| — | Pankrator Prize | — | Poetry | UNESCO | Winner |
| — | Avanti Award | Drowning hands | Documentary Script | — | Winner |
| 2021 | South African Literary Award | — | Poetry | — | Declined |
Ingrid Jonker Prize
1983
Work:
Aquarelles of thirst
Category:
Poetry
Result:
Winner
Rapport Prize for Poetry
1988
Work:
Changing
Category:
Poetry
Result:
Winner
Hertzog Prize for Poetry
2011
Work:
The algebra of need
Category:
Poetry
Result:
Winner
Pankrator Prize
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
UNESCO
Result:
Winner
Avanti Award
Work:
Drowning hands
Category:
Documentary Script
Result:
Winner
South African Literary Award
2021
Category:
Poetry
Result:
Declined
Awards & Nominations
Hertzog Prize (Hertzogprys)
1 appearances
-
Edition 31 (2011) Winner
South African Literary Awards (SALA)
1 appearances
-
Edition 17 (2021) Winner
Works
Major Works
Aquarelles of thirst
1982 PoetryAquarelles of thirst
Thirst
The algebra of need
2009 PoetryThe algebra of need
Need
Stranger than fiction
1996 Short storiesStranger than fiction
Reality and fiction
Bibliography
- Aquarelles of thirst (1982)
- Water desert (1984)
- Quick grey phantom (1986)
- Changing (1988)
- Nightsweat (1990)
- Flesh wound (1993)
- That which is soft perishes (1995)
- The algebra of need (2009)
- Judas eye (2010)
- Lightning of disbelief (2011)
- Farewell, my slightly tarnished hero (2012)
- Still point of the earth (2014)
- The grain of longing (2016)
- Most stars are already dead (2020)
- Thumbnail sketches (2020)
- Stranger than fiction (1996)
- Second nature (2000)
Translations by Author
- Translations of poetry by Wilma Stockenström et al. into English
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Afrikaans poetic expression
- Recurring Motifs
- ThirstFleshNeed
Legacy
Known as a South African Afrikaans poet, awarded several prizes. Noted as an LGBTQ poet.
Trivia
- One of South African LGBTQ poets
- Declined the 2021 South African Literary Award