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PREVIOUS NOMINATIONS
1996
Ivan Vladislavic
The Folly
2001
Doris Lessing
Mara and Dann
2001
Mongane Wally Serote
Gods of Our Time
2001
J. M. Coetzee
Disgrace
2000
Sindiwe Magona
Mother to Mother
2000
Etienne van Heerden
Kikuyu
2000
André Brink
Devil’s Valley
1999
Etienne van Heerden
Leap Year
1999
Jenny Hobbs
The Telling of Angus Quain
1998
Jo-anne Richards
The Innocence of Roast Chicken
1998
André Brink
Imaginings of Sand
1997
Mark Behr
The Smell of Apples
1996
Bessie Head
The Cardinals
1996
André Brink
On The Contrary
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