Lawrence Bransby

Lawrence Bransby (born 1951) is a South African author of several books,[1] such as "Downstreet" which highlighted the racial prejudice of individuals towards people of many different races and showed that it need not be the case. It also highlighted the political turmoil of a nation undergoing change through democratic reform into a more sociocratic regime. Several more of his books are available on Amazon.com and other similar websites. Downstreet was the first of several books Lawrence Bransby wrote and won the MER Prize in South Africa.[2]

Each of the books he wrote during the late 80's and early nineties were inspiring to the youthful pupils under his English tutelage at Ixopo High School. Notably, Cy Edmondson, who was one of his students, produced a book detailing his troubles and how he overcame them in a book entitled "

References

  1. ^ O'Donnell, Patrick (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction, p. 1012 (2011)
  2. ^ "ABOUT THE PRIZE: The M.E.R. Prize was established in 1983 and is awarded annually by M-Net and Via Afrika to the best children’s book published during the previous year. The only condition is that the books must be aimed at younger readers and that the authors and illustrators must be South African citizens. The award is named after MER (ME Rothman) for her ground breaking work in the field of children’s literature. No distinction is made between English and Afrikaans books." Quotation courtesy of Marjorie Van Heerden, Author of Nina and Little Duck.

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