Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation
The Sol Plaatje Prize for Translation is a bi-annual prize,[1] first awarded in 2007,[2] for translation of prose or poetry into English from any of the other South African official languages. It is administered by the English Academy of South Africa, and was named in honour of Sol Plaatje.
Award winners
- 2011 Daniel Kunene for My Child! My Child! by C. L. S. Nyembezi
- 2009 Jeff Opland for Abantu Besizwe: Historical And Biographical Writings (by S.E.K. Mqhayi)
- 2007 Michiel Heyns for Agaat (by Marlene van Niekerk)