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The Central News Agency Literary Award (CNA Literary Award, CNA Prize) was a major annual literary award in
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. It was named for the CNA chain of bookstores. Founded by Phillip Stein, it recognised works in prose and poetry, and in both the
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and
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. The last award was presented in 1996, although CNA later launched a "Book of the Year" award for popular bestsellers of any genre.Zapiro and Wilbur Smith Make the CNA "Book of the Year" Shortlist Books LIVE
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Past winners (incomplete list)

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Karel Schoeman Karel Schoeman (, 26 October 1939 – 1 May 2017) was a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. Author of twenty novels and numerous works of history, he was one of South Africa's most honoured writers. Schoeman wrote ...
, , ''Hierdie Lewe'' , - , 1993, ,
Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa f ...
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Long Walk to Freedom ''Long Walk to Freedom'' is an autobiography by South Africa's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela, and it was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 yea ...
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Chris Barnard Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8November 19222September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim ...
, , ''Moerland'' , - , 1992, ,
Damon Galgut Damon Galgut (born 12 November 1963) is a South African novelist and playwright. He was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel '' The Promise'', having previously been shortlisted for the award in 2003 and 2010. Early life and education Ga ...
, , ''The Beautiful Screaming of Pigs'', , , , , - , 1991, , , , , , John Miles, , '' Kroniek uit die Doofpot: Polisieroman'' , - , 1990, ,
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer (20 November 192313 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great ben ...
, , '' My Son's Story'', , , , , - , 1989, , Christopher Hope, , ''White Boy Running'', , , , , - , 1986, , Etienne van Heerden, , ''Ancestral Voices'', , , , , - , 1985, , Ellen Kuzwayo , , ''Call Me Woman'' , , T.T. Cloete, , ''Allotroop''NB-Uitgewers
Authors
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328085848/http://www.nb.co.za/authors/2338 , date=28 March 2016 , - , 1984, , Douglas Livingstone , , ''Selected Poems'' , , , Wilma Stockenström , Monsterverse , - , 1983, ,
J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee Order of Australia, AC Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL Order of Mapungubwe, OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 ...
, , '' Life and Times of Michael K'' , , Breyton Breytenbach, , ''(YK): Die vierde bundel van die ongedanste dans'' , - , 1982, ,
André Brink André Philippus Brink (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town. In the 1960s Brink, Ingrid Jonker, Etienne Lerou ...
, , '' A Chain of Voices'', ,
Elisabeth Eybers Elisabeth Françoise Eybers (26 February 1915 – 1 December 2007) was a South African poet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she translated some of her own work (and those of others) into English. Eybers was born in Klerksdorp ...
, , Bestand , - , 1981, ,
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer (20 November 192313 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great ben ...
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July's People ''July's People'' is a 1981 novel by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer. It is set in a near-future version of South Africa where apartheid is ended through a civil war. Unlike Gordimer's earlier work, the novel was ignored by the apartheid ...
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Sheila Cussons Sheila Cussons (9 August 1922 – 25 November 2004) was an Afrikaans poet. She was born on the Moravia missionary station near Piketberg, South Africa, and, after matriculating from Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool, studied fine arts at the Unive ...
, , Die Woedende Brood , - , 1980, ,
J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee Order of Australia, AC Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL Order of Mapungubwe, OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 ...
, , '' Waiting for the Barbarians'', , No award , , , - , 1979, ,
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer (20 November 192313 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great ben ...
, , '' Burger's Daughter'', , D.J. Opperman, , ''Komas Uit 'N Bamboesstok'' , - , 1978, ,
André Brink André Philippus Brink (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town. In the 1960s Brink, Ingrid Jonker, Etienne Lerou ...
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Rumours of Rain ''Rumours of Rain'' (Afrikaans: ''Gerugte van Reen'') is a South African novel by André Brink, published in 1978. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It is set on a South African farm during apartheid. Plot summary Martin, the narrator, ...
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Elsa Joubert Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert OIS (19 October 1922 – 14 June 2020) was a Sestigers Afrikaans-language writer. She rose to prominence with her novel '' Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena'' (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena), which was tra ...
, , Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena , - , 1977, ,
J. M. Coetzee John Maxwell Coetzee Order of Australia, AC Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL Order of Mapungubwe, OMG (born 9 February 1940) is a South African and Australian novelist, essayist, linguist, and translator. The recipient of the 2003 ...
, , '' In the Heart of the Country'', ,
Elisabeth Eybers Elisabeth Françoise Eybers (26 February 1915 – 1 December 2007) was a South African poet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she translated some of her own work (and those of others) into English. Eybers was born in Klerksdorp ...
, , Einder , - , 1976, , Anthony Delius , , ''Border'' , ,
Etienne Leroux Etienne Leroux (born Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux; 13 June 1922 – 30 December 1989) was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement. Early life and career Etienne Leroux was born in Oudtshoorn in ...
, , ''Magersfontein, O Magersfontein!'' , - , 1975, , Guy Butler, , ''Selected Poems'', , Anna M Louw , , Kroniek van Perdepoort , - , 1974, ,
Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer (20 November 192313 July 2014) was a South African writer and political activist. She received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991, recognised as a writer "who through her magnificent epic writing has ... been of very great ben ...
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The Conservationist ''The Conservationist'' is a 1974 novel by the South African writer Nadine Gordimer. The book was a joint winner of the Booker-McConnell Prize for fiction. It is described as more complex in design and technique than Gordimer's earlier novels. ...
'', , Leon Rousseau, , Die Groot Verlange , - , 1973, ,
Alan Paton Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels '' Cry, the Beloved Country'' (1948), '' Too Late the Phalarope'' (1953), and the short story ''The Wa ...
, , ''Apartheid and the archbishop: The life and times of Geoffrey Clayton, Archbishop of Cape Town'', ,
Elisabeth Eybers Elisabeth Françoise Eybers (26 February 1915 – 1 December 2007) was a South African poet. Her poetry was mainly in Afrikaans, although she translated some of her own work (and those of others) into English. Eybers was born in Klerksdorp ...
, , Kruis of Munt , - , 1972, , Sheila Meiring Fugard, , ''The Castaways'', ,
Karel Schoeman Karel Schoeman (, 26 October 1939 – 1 May 2017) was a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. Author of twenty novels and numerous works of history, he was one of South Africa's most honoured writers. Schoeman wrote ...
, , Na die Geliefde Land , - , 1971, ,
Jack Cope Robert Knox "Jack" Cope (3 June 1913 – 1 May 1991) was a South African novelist, short story writer, poet and editor. Life Jack Cope was born in Natal, South Africa, and home-schooled by tutors. From the age of 12, he boarded at Durban High Sc ...
, , ''The Rain Maker'' , ,
Elsa Joubert Elsabé Antoinette Murray Joubert OIS (19 October 1922 – 14 June 2020) was a Sestigers Afrikaans-language writer. She rose to prominence with her novel '' Die swerfjare van Poppie Nongena'' (The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena), which was tra ...
P G du Plessis , Bonga Siener in die Suburbs , - , 1970, , John McIntosh, , ''The Stonefish'', ,
Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach (; 16 September 193924 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of ...
, , Lotus , - , 1969, , No award , , , ,
Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach (; 16 September 193924 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of ...
, , ''Kouevuur'' , - , 1968, , Siegfried Stander, , ''The Horse'', ,
Chris Barnard Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8November 19222September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim ...
, , ''Duiwel-in-die-bos'' , - , 1967, ,
Laurens van der Post Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a South African Afrikaner writer, farmer, soldier, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. He was noted for his interest in Jungi ...
, , ''The Hunter and the Whale'', ,
Breyten Breytenbach Breyten Breytenbach (; 16 September 193924 November 2024) was a South African writer, poet, and painter. He became internationally well-known as a dissident poet and vocal critic of South Africa under apartheid, and as a political prisoner of ...
, , ''Die huis van die dowe'' , - , 1966, , Thelma Gutsche, , ''No Ordinary Woman'', , Henriette Grové, , ''Jaarringe'' , - , 1965, , Godfrey LeMay, , ''British Supremacy in South Africa, 1899–1907'', ,
André Brink André Philippus Brink (29 May 1935 – 6 February 2015) was a South African novelist, essayist and poet. He wrote in both Afrikaans and English and taught English at the University of Cape Town. In the 1960s Brink, Ingrid Jonker, Etienne Lerou ...
, , ''Olé'' , - , 1964, ,
Alan Paton Alan Stewart Paton (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1988) was a South African writer and anti-apartheid activist. His works include the novels '' Cry, the Beloved Country'' (1948), '' Too Late the Phalarope'' (1953), and the short story ''The Wa ...
, , ''Hofmeyr'', ,
Etienne Leroux Etienne Leroux (born Stephanus Petrus Daniël le Roux; 13 June 1922 – 30 December 1989) was an Afrikaans writer and a member of the South African Sestigers literary movement. Early life and career Etienne Leroux was born in Oudtshoorn in ...
, , ''Een vir Azazel'' , - , 1963, ,
Laurens van der Post Sir Laurens Jan van der Post, (13 December 1906 – 15 December 1996) was a South African Afrikaner writer, farmer, soldier, educator, journalist, humanitarian, philosopher, explorer and conservationist. He was noted for his interest in Jungi ...
, , ''The Seed and the Sower'', , D.J. Opperman, , ''Dolosse'' , - , 1962, ,
Mary Renault Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name Mary Renault ("She always pronounced it 'Ren-olt', though almost everyone would come to speak of her as if she were a French car." ), was a British writer best k ...
, , '' The Bull from the Sea'', , N.P. van Wyk Louw, , ''Tristia: en ander verse voorspeleren vlugte'' , - , 1961, , Siegfried Stander, , ''The Desert Place'', ,
Chris Barnard Christiaan Neethling Barnard (8November 19222September 2001) was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim ...
, , ''Bekende onrus'' , -


See also

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Alan Paton Award The ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Awards are awarded annually to South African writers by the South African weekly newspaper the ''Sunday Times''. They comprise the ''Sunday Times'' CNA Literary Award for Non-fiction and the ''Sunday Times'' ...
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Amstel Playwright of the Year Award The Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, an independent non-governmental prize, was launched in South Africa in 1978. It recognised South African playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes play (theatre), plays, which are a fo ...
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Hertzog Prize The Hertzog Prize (or Hertzogprys) is an annual award given to Afrikaans writers by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for the Sciences and Art), formerly the South African Academy for Language, Literature ...
* W.A. Hofmeyr Prize


Notes

9 From the menu for the CNA Literary Awards for 1986 South African literary awards South African literary events Awards disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in South Africa