Olive Schreiner Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1985) Winner
Menán du Plessis
メナン・デュ・プレッシス
Menán du Plessis
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1952
- Nationality
- South Africa
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cape Town, South Africa
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, linguist
- Active Years
- 1983-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Cape Town | — | Linguistics | PhD | — | South Africa |
University of Cape Town
Linguistics
Degree:
PhD
Year of Graduation:
2009
Country:
South Africa
PhD thesis titled 'A unity hypothesis for the southern African Khoesan languages'
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Olive Schreiner Prize | A State of Fear | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1986 | Sanlam Literary Prize | A State of Fear | — | — | 共同受賞 |
Olive Schreiner Prize
1985
Work:
A State of Fear
Result:
受賞
Sanlam Literary Prize
1986
Work:
A State of Fear
Result:
共同受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
A State of Fear
1983 NovelMenán du Plessis's debut novel, first published in Cape Town in 1983; it won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1985.
socio-political themesrace and identity
Translations
- Republished by Pandora Press (1987)
Longlive!
1989 NovelA novel published in Cape Town in 1989; it has been translated into German.
Translations
- German translation by Susanne Köhler as 'Das Lied der Gemeinschaft Roman'
A unity hypothesis for the southern African Khoesan languages
2009 PhD thesisPhD thesis submitted to the University of Cape Town proposing and examining a unity hypothesis for the southern African Khoesan languages.
Khoesan languagescomparative linguistics
Kora: a lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep
2018 LinguisticsA study of the lost Kora Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep, published by Unisa Press in 2018.
language documentationlost languages
Bibliography
- A State of Fear (1983)
- Longlive! (1989)
- A unity hypothesis for the southern African Khoesan languages (2009)
- Kora: a lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep (2018)
Translations of Works
- Longlive! — German translation: Das Lied der Gemeinschaft Roman (translated by Susanne Köhler)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- postcolonial perspectivesocio-political
- Recurring Motifs
- language and identityboundaries and loss
Legacy
As a South African novelist and linguist, she achieved literary recognition for her debut novel and has contributed academically to research on the Khoisan languages.
Trivia
- Debut novel 'A State of Fear' won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1985.
- Joint winner of the Sanlam Literary Prize for 'A State of Fear' in 1986.
- Earned a PhD from the University of Cape Town in 2009.
- Published 'Kora: a lost Khoisan language of the early Cape and the Gariep' with Unisa Press in 2018.