The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2024 winners were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday, October 31, 2024.
The Sunday Times Literary Awards are awarded annually in fiction (since 1989) and nonfiction (since 2001). Organised by South African newspaper The Sunday Times, it has been won in recent times by Siphiwe Ndlovu and Terry Kurgan (2019), Bongani Ngqulunga and Harry Kalmer (2018), Zakes Mda and Greg Marinovich (2017), Pumla Dineo Gqola and Nkosinathi Sithole (2016), Jacob Dlamini and Damon Galgut (2015) and a host of others. Tshidiso Moletsane and Mignonne Breierwin won in 2022 while Bulelwa Mabasa and CA Davids won it last year.
The longlists for the 2024 edition, brought to you in partnership with Exclusive Books were announced on June 16 before the shortlists were revealed on September 8. The winners are;
Fiction
Jury: Siphiwo Mahala (Chair), Michele Magwood, Dr Alma-Nalisha Cele
- The Bitterness of Olives, Brown Andrew (Karavan Press)
Nonfiction
Jury: Kevin Ritchie (Chair), Hlonipha Mokoena, and Sewela Langeni.
- Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage, Steinberg, Jonny (Jonathan Ball Publishers)
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