A triennial award made by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] ("South African Academy for the Sciences and Art") to the best play(s) published in the previous three years, or - on occasion - for the playwright's ''oeuvre'' as a whole. The prize has not always been awarded, since no award is made if a suitable candidate is not available. The first winner for drama was only made in 1926 and went to [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] (for ''[[As die tuig skawe]]'' and ''[[Drie eenbedrywe]]''), followed by [[H.A. Fagan]] (''[[Die ouderling en ander toneelstukke]]'' - 1935), [[C.Louis Leipoldt]] (1944 - ''[[Die Heks]]'' and ''[[Die Laaste Aand]]''), [[Gerhard J. Beukes]] (1952- ''[[Langs die Steiltes]]'', ''[[Salome Dans]]'', ''[[As ons twee eers getroud is]]'' and ''[[Agt eenbedrywe]]'') and [[W.A. de Klerk]] (1952 - ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', ''[[Drie Vroue]]'', ''[[Drie Dramas]]'' en ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]''), 1956 - [[D.J. Opperman]] (''[[Periandros van Korinthe]]''), 1960 - [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]] (''[[Germanicus]]''), 1969 - [[D.J. Opperman]] (Voëlvry), 1972 - [[P.G. du Plessis]] (''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' and ''[[Die Nag van Legio]]''), 1978 - [[Bartho Smit]] (''[[Putsonderwater]]'', ''[[Moeder Hanna]]'', ''[[Christine]]'' en ''[[Die Verminktes]]''), 1981 - ''[[Henriette Grové]]'' (''[[Ontmoeting by Dwaaldrif]]'' and all her other dramatic work), 1985 - [[Uys Krige]] (total ''oeuvre''), 1991 - [[Chris Barnard]] (total ''oeuvre''), 1994 - [[Reza de Wet]] (''[[Vrystaat-trilogie]]'' en ''[[Trits: Mis, Mirakel, Drif]]''), 1997 - [[Reza de Wet]] (''[[Drie Susters Twee]]''), 2000 - [[André P. Brink]] (''[[Die Jogger]]''), 2003 - [[Pieter Fourie]] (total ''oeuvre''), 2006 - [[Deon Opperman]] (for his (total ''oeuvre'', up until 2005), 2009 - [[Deon Opperman]] (''[[Kaburu]]'').
A triennial award made by the [[Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns]] ("South African Academy for the Sciences and Art") to the best play(s) published in the previous three years, or - on occasion - for the playwright's ''oeuvre'' as a whole. The prize has not always been awarded, since no award is made if a suitable candidate is not available. The first winner for drama was only made in 1926 and went to [[J.F.W. Grosskopf]] (for ''[[As die tuig skawe]]'' and ''[[Drie eenbedrywe]]''), followed by [[H.A. Fagan]] (''[[Die ouderling en ander toneelstukke]]'' - 1935), [[C.Louis Leipoldt]] (1944 - ''[[Die Heks]]'' and ''[[Die Laaste Aand]]''), [[Gerhard J. Beukes]] (1952- ''[[Langs die Steiltes]]'', ''[[Salome Dans!]]'', ''[[As ons twee eers getroud is]]'' and ''[[Agt eenbedrywe]]'') and [[W.A. de Klerk]] (1952 - ''[[Die Jaar van die Vuuros]]'', ''[[Drie Vroue]]'', ''[[Drie Dramas]]'' en ''[[Vlamme oor La Roche]]''), 1956 - [[D.J. Opperman]] (''[[Periandros van Korinthe]]''), 1960 - [[N.P. van Wyk Louw]] (''[[Germanicus]]''), 1969 - [[D.J. Opperman]] (Voëlvry), 1972 - [[P.G. du Plessis]] (''[[Siener in die Suburbs]]'' and ''[[Die Nag van Legio]]''), 1978 - [[Bartho Smit]] (''[[Putsonderwater]]'', ''[[Moeder Hanna]]'', ''[[Christine]]'' en ''[[Die Verminktes]]''), 1981 - ''[[Henriette Grové]]'' (''[[Ontmoeting by Dwaaldrif]]'' and all her other dramatic work), 1985 - [[Uys Krige]] (total ''oeuvre''), 1991 - [[Chris Barnard]] (total ''oeuvre''), 1994 - [[Reza de Wet]] (''[[Vrystaat-trilogie]]'' en ''[[Trits: Mis, Mirakel, Drif]]''), 1997 - [[Reza de Wet]] (''[[Drie Susters Twee]]''), 2000 - [[André P. Brink]] (''[[Die Jogger]]''), 2003 - [[Pieter Fourie]] (total ''oeuvre''), 2006 - [[Deon Opperman]] (for his (total ''oeuvre'', up until 2005), 2009 - [[Deon Opperman]] (''[[Kaburu]]'').
A triennial award made by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns ("South African Academy for the Sciences and Art") to the best play(s) published in the previous three years, or - on occasion - for the playwright's oeuvre as a whole. The prize has not always been awarded, since no award is made if a suitable candidate is not available. The first winner for drama was only made in 1926 and went to J.F.W. Grosskopf (for As die tuig skawe and Drie eenbedrywe), followed by H.A. Fagan (Die ouderling en ander toneelstukke - 1935), C.Louis Leipoldt (1944 - Die Heks and Die Laaste Aand), Gerhard J. Beukes (1952- Langs die Steiltes, Salome Dans!, As ons twee eers getroud is and Agt eenbedrywe) and W.A. de Klerk (1952 - Die Jaar van die Vuuros, Drie Vroue, Drie Dramas en Vlamme oor La Roche), 1956 - D.J. Opperman (Periandros van Korinthe), 1960 - N.P. van Wyk Louw (Germanicus), 1969 - D.J. Opperman (Voëlvry), 1972 - P.G. du Plessis (Siener in die Suburbs and Die Nag van Legio), 1978 - Bartho Smit (Putsonderwater, Moeder Hanna, Christine en Die Verminktes), 1981 - Henriette Grové (Ontmoeting by Dwaaldrif and all her other dramatic work), 1985 - Uys Krige (total oeuvre), 1991 - Chris Barnard (total oeuvre), 1994 - Reza de Wet (Vrystaat-trilogie en Trits: Mis, Mirakel, Drif), 1997 - Reza de Wet (Drie Susters Twee), 2000 - André P. Brink (Die Jogger), 2003 - Pieter Fourie (total oeuvre), 2006 - Deon Opperman (for his (total oeuvre, up until 2005), 2009 - Deon Opperman (Kaburu).
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