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M-Net Literary Awards were a group of South African literary awards, awarded from 1991 to 2013. They were established and sponsored by M-Net (Electronic Media Network), a South African television station. The award was suspended indefinitely after the 2013 season. In the awards' fourth year, an award for indigenous African languages was inaugurated, alongside the original English and Afrikaans awards, to encourage writing in indigenous languages. In subsequent years there were six language categories, covering all eleven official South African languages: English; Afrikaans; Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, and Swati); SeSotho (Sotho, Pedi, and Tswana); TshiVenda; and SeTsonga. In 2005, a Film award was introduced, for novels that novels that showed promise for translation into a visual medium.

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  • M-Net Literary Awards were a group of South African literary awards, awarded from 1991 to 2013. They were established and sponsored by M-Net (Electronic Media Network), a South African television station. The award was suspended indefinitely after the 2013 season. In the awards' fourth year, an award for indigenous African languages was inaugurated, alongside the original English and Afrikaans awards, to encourage writing in indigenous languages. In subsequent years there were six language categories, covering all eleven official South African languages: English; Afrikaans; Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, and Swati); SeSotho (Sotho, Pedi, and Tswana); TshiVenda; and SeTsonga. In 2005, a Film award was introduced, for novels that novels that showed promise for translation into a visual medium. Three Lifetime Achievements Awards were also given: to Mazisi Kunene (2005), Cynthia Marivate (2006), and Mzilikazi Khumalo (2007). In their early years, the M-Net Awards were notable among South African literary awards for considering, under their judging criteria, not only literary merit but also "strong narrative content" and "accessibility to a broad reading public." They were also, in the 1990s, the best remunerated literary awards in South Africa. From 2011, winners received a prize of R50 000, up from R30,000 in previous years. Until 2010, the Awards were announced at the same event as the Via Afrika Awards (previously known as the Nasboek Literary Awards), which are ongoing as the Media24 Books Literary Awards. (en)
  • Les prix littéraires M-Net, créés en 1991 par la chaîne de télévision M-Net (Electronic Media Network), figurent parmi les plus prestigieux d'Afrique du Sud. En 2011, ils sont dotés d'une somme de 50 000 rands. Ces prix ont été créés afin de promouvoir la publication et la diffusion de romans de qualité par des auteurs sud-africains. Outre les catégories linguistiques, il existe également une catégorie "cinéma" qui récompense un roman susceptible d'être adapté à l'écran. Chaque année, près d'une centaine d'ouvrages sont en compétition. La décision, annoncée au début de l'année 2014 par Kershnee Govender, la nouvelle directrice "Affaires générales" du groupe M-Net, de supprimer les prix - les seuls à mettre sur un pied d'égalité toutes les langues d'Afrique du Sud - a fait l'objet de vives critiques dans les milieux littéraires. Des organisations comme PEN Afrikaans, la section afrikaans de Pen International, ainsi que plusieurs auteurs sud-africains reconnus - parfois eux-mêmes d'anciens lauréats, tels Ingrid Winterbach, Deon Meyer, Joan Hambidge ou Karin Brynard - déplorent vivement cette décision et souhaitent qu'elle soit rapportée. (fr)
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  • M-Net Literary Awards were a group of South African literary awards, awarded from 1991 to 2013. They were established and sponsored by M-Net (Electronic Media Network), a South African television station. The award was suspended indefinitely after the 2013 season. In the awards' fourth year, an award for indigenous African languages was inaugurated, alongside the original English and Afrikaans awards, to encourage writing in indigenous languages. In subsequent years there were six language categories, covering all eleven official South African languages: English; Afrikaans; Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, and Swati); SeSotho (Sotho, Pedi, and Tswana); TshiVenda; and SeTsonga. In 2005, a Film award was introduced, for novels that novels that showed promise for translation into a visual medium. (en)
  • Les prix littéraires M-Net, créés en 1991 par la chaîne de télévision M-Net (Electronic Media Network), figurent parmi les plus prestigieux d'Afrique du Sud. En 2011, ils sont dotés d'une somme de 50 000 rands. Ces prix ont été créés afin de promouvoir la publication et la diffusion de romans de qualité par des auteurs sud-africains. Outre les catégories linguistiques, il existe également une catégorie "cinéma" qui récompense un roman susceptible d'être adapté à l'écran. Chaque année, près d'une centaine d'ouvrages sont en compétition. (fr)
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  • Prix littéraires M-Net (Afrique du Sud) (fr)
  • M-Net Literary Awards (en)
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