The Alba Bouwer Prize () is a prize for outstanding
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...
in Afrikaans, awarded triennially by the South African Academy of Science and Arts.
Official list
of prizes and awards of the South African Academy of Science and Arts (in Afrikaans). Accessed 31 January 2008. Works qualifying for the prize should have been published within the preceding three years, and be intended for under-12s. The prize is named in honour of children's author Alba Bouwer
Albertha Magdalena Bouwer (16 March 1920 – 5 October 2010) was a South African Afrikaans-writing journalist and author. She is best known for her series of children's stories about the experiences of a small girl called Alie growing up in the ...
(1920–2010), herself a three-time winner of the , instituted in 1956.
Recipients
References
External links
{{Portal , Children's literature
South African Academy of Science and Arts
(in Afrikaans)
Children's literary awards
South African literary awards
Awards established in 1989
South African literary events
1989 establishments in South Africa