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The Amstel Playwright of the Year Award, an independent non-governmental prize, was launched in South Africa in 1978, and it recognised those South African playwrights whose work had been submitted for consideration. The prize was awarded to many of South Africa's anti-apartheid playwrights.
The award was discontinued in 1994.
[edit] Award Winners
| Year |
Winner |
Special Merit Award |
| 1978 |
- 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
|
| 1980 |
- Henry Rootenberg for I Spy
- Pieter Scholtz for Mr Big Strikes Again
- Jill Fletcher for Paddy (Musical work, music by John Aronowitz)
- Leon Hamman for Matter of Policy
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| 1981 |
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- Michael Drin for Chad
- Willie Esterhuizen for Spaceships and Peanut Butter
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| 1982 |
- 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 |
- 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 |
- Michelle Du Toit for Ladies/Dames
|
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| 1985 |
- Nicholas Hayson, Vanessa Cook and Danny Keogh
forThe Native Who Caused All the Trouble
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| 1986 |
- Clive Howard Morris for Maid in South Africa
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| 1987 |
- Norman Coombes for A Snake in the Garden
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| 1988 |
- Charles J Fourie for Big Boys
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| 1989 |
- Allan Jermieson for Disputed Barricades
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| 1990 |
- Basil Lawrence for Modern Eating Habits
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| 1991 |
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| 1992 |
- Charles J Fourie for Vrygrond
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| 1993 |
- Norman Coombes for Episodes in Light and Dark
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| 1994 |
- John Tucker for Waiting for the Rain
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[edit] Source
- National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, South Africa
