Etienne van Heerden & Deon Meyer win at the M-Net Literary Awards 2009
July 23, 2009
Etienne van Heerden was awarded the 2009 M-Net Literary Award in Afrikaans for 30 NAGTE IN AMSTERDAM (English title: 30 NIGHTS IN AMSTERDAM) which has also won the 2009 WA Hofmeyr Award. 30 NAGTE IN AMSTERDAM was published in South Africa in November 2008.'One of Van Heerden's most satisfying novels yet…an intense, energetic novel by an important South African writer…Buy it, read it: you won't be sorry.'
-- Desmond Painter, Die Burger
'As writers like Marquez gave a rich artistic depth to South America - and Alasdair Gray defined the imaginative landscape of Scotland in Lanark - so Van Heerden has created an 'artistic map' of South Africa.'
-- The Scotsman
Deon Meyer was awarded the first ever M-Net Film Award, bestowed on the novel best suited for film adaption for his thriller 13 UUR (English title: 13 HOURS).
13 HOURS was published in Afrikaans by Human & Rousseau in 2008, and has also been bought by Deon's longstanding UK publishers Hodder, by Grove Atlantic in the US, Random House Canada, Le Seuil in France, Aufbau in Germany, and Centerpolygraph in Russia.
'With Deon Meyer you can't go wrong.'
-- Michael Connelly
'Meyer is a writer to take seriously - the best crime writer out of South Africa.'
-- Crime Time
Click here for more information about the M-Net Literary Awards 2009.
For more information about our authors please visit the following websites:
Etienne van Heerden:
Etienne's website
Etienne's BFLA author page
Deon Meyer:
Deon's website
Deon's BFLA author page