The Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, an independent non-governmental prize, was launched in South Africa in 1978. It recognised South African playwrights. The prize was awarded to many of South Africa's anti-apartheid playwrights.
The award was discontinued in 1994.[1]
Award winners
| Year
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Winner
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Special Merit Award
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| 1978
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- John Pank for Windmills of the Mind
- James Ambrose Brown for Time and the Wood
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- Zakes Mda for We Shall Sing for the Fatherland
- Michael Drin for Inquest on Gordon
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| 1979
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- Paul Slabolepsky for Renovations
- Esther Flowers for The Libber-Rats
- Henry Rootenberg for Letters from Uncle Barny
- Pieter Scholtz for The Amazing Adventures of Tambootie
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| 1980
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- Henry Rootenberg for I Spy
- Pieter Scholtz for Mr Big Strikes Again
- Jill Fletcher for Paddy (music by John Aronowitz)
- Leon Hamman for Matter of Policy
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| 1981
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| 1982
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- Victor Gordon for The Brothers
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- Roy Nieman for Na Verlange a die Woude van Veleer
- James Whyle for National Madness
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| 1983
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- Geraldine Aron for Brenda
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- Sheugnet Buys for Gutter Flowers Need Love
- Brendan Butler for Rehearsal in Progress
- Corlia Fourie for Moeders en Dogters
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| 1984
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- Michelle Du Toit for Ladies/Dames
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| 1985
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- Nicholas Haysom, Vanessa Cook and Danny Keogh
for The Native Who Caused All the Trouble
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| 1986
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- Clive Howard Morris for Maid in South Africa
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| 1987
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- Norman Coombes for A Snake in the Garden
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| 1988
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| 1989
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- Allan Jermieson for Disputed Barricades
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| 1990
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- Basil Lawrence for Modern Eating Habits
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| 1991
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| 1992
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| 1993
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- Norman Coombes for Episodes in Light and Dark
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| 1994
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- John Tucker for Waiting for the Rain
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Notes
- ^ National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa
References
- National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa