Percy FitzPatrick Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1994) Winner
Lawrence Bransby
ローレンス・ブランズビー
Rōrensu Buransubī
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-00-00 （South Africa）
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- South Africa
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, travel writer, teacher
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- Ixopo High School
- Nominations
- MNET Prize shortlisted (Homeward Bound), MNET Prize shortlisted (The Boy who Counted to a Million)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | MER Prize | Down Street | youth literature | M-Net / Via Afrika | winner |
| 1991 | Book Chat Southern African Children's Book of the Year | Homeward Bound | — | Book Chat | winner |
| — | J. P. van Der Walt prize | Remember the Whales | — | — | winner |
| 1993 | Book Chat South African Book of the Year | A Mountaintop Experience | — | Book Chat | winner |
| — | Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Prize | The Boy who Counted to a Million | — | — | winner |
MER Prize
Work:
Down Street
Category:
youth literature
Organization:
M-Net / Via Afrika
Result:
winner
Book Chat Southern African Children's Book of the Year
1991
Work:
Homeward Bound
Organization:
Book Chat
Result:
winner
J. P. van Der Walt prize
Work:
Remember the Whales
Result:
winner
Book Chat South African Book of the Year
1993
Work:
A Mountaintop Experience
Organization:
Book Chat
Result:
winner
Sir Percy Fitzpatrick Prize
Work:
The Boy who Counted to a Million
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Down Street
youth literatureHighlights racial prejudice and political turmoil in a changing nation.
racial prejudicepolitical turmoilsociocracy
Lifeblood Earthblood
novelHighlights racial prejudice towards people of different races.
racial prejudicesocial change
Homeward Bound
children's literatureRemember the Whales
children's literatureA Mountaintop Experience
travelogueBibliography
- A Matter of Conscience
- Second Sailor, Other Son
- Lifeblood - Earthblood
- Down Street
- Homeward Bound
- Remember the Whales
- A Mountaintop Experience
- The Geek in Shining Armour
- Of Roosters, Dogs and Cardboard Boxes
- The Boy who Counted to a Million
- Outside the Walls
- Venture into Russia: Three Motorcycle Journeys
- A Pass too Far: Travels in Central Asia
- There are no Fat People in Morocco
- The Wakhan Corridor: A Motorcycle Journey into Central Asia
- The Plymouth/Dakar Old Bangers Challenge
- Trans - Africa by Motorcycle: a Father's Diary
- By Motorcycle through Vietnam: Reflections on a Gracious People
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- inspirational narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- racial prejudicepolitical changeadventure
Legacy
South African author known for youth and children's literature, winner of MER Prize and others. Also wrote numerous travelogues and inspired students as a teacher.
Trivia
- Taught English at Ixopo High School, inspiring student Cy Edmondson who wrote 'I Can'.