Percy FitzPatrick Award
2 appearances
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Edition 4 (1986) Winner
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Edition 5 (1988) Winner
Lesley Beake
レスリー・ビーク
Resurī Bīku
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1949-01-01 （Scotland）
- Nationality
- South African
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Scotland → South Africa
Career
- Occupations
- children's author, teacher
- Active Years
- 1986-2009
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Percy FitzPatrick Award | The Strollers | — | — | Winner |
| 1988 | Young African Award | The Strollers | — | — | Winner |
| 1989 | Percy FitzPatrick Award | A Cageful of Butterflies | — | — | Winner |
| 1991 | M-Net Book Prize | A Cageful of Butterflies | — | M-Net | Winner |
Percy FitzPatrick Award
1988
Work:
The Strollers
Result:
Winner
Young African Award
1988
Work:
The Strollers
Result:
Winner
Percy FitzPatrick Award
1989
Work:
A Cageful of Butterflies
Result:
Winner
M-Net Book Prize
1991
Work:
A Cageful of Butterflies
Organization:
M-Net
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
M-Net Literary Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1991) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Strollers
1987 Children's literatureA Cageful of Butterflies
1989 Children's literatureSong of Be
1991 Children's literatureBibliography
- Detained at Her Majesty's pleasure: the journal of Peter David Hadden
- The Strollers
- A Cageful of Butterflies
- Rainbow
- Traveller
- Merino
- Serena's Story
- Tjojo and the wild horses
- Song of Be
- Bau and the baobab tree
- Mandi's wheels
- The Race
- Café Thunderball
- One dark, dark night
- Jakey
- An Introduction to Africa
- Home Now
- Remembering Green
Style & Themes
- Recurring Motifs
- plight of children of certain tribes in southern Africa
Legacy
Scottish-born South African children's author whose novels address the plight of children of certain tribes in southern Africa, attracting an adult audience.