S. J. Naudé Explained

S.J. Naudé
Birth Name:	Stephanus Jacobus Naudé
Birth Place:	Pretoria, South Africa
Nationality:	South African and British
Notable Works:	The Alphabet of BirdsThe Third Reel Mad HoneyFathers and Fugitives

Stephanus Jacobus Naudé (born 1970) is a South African author and lawyer. He has written two novels and two collections of short stories.

Naudé studied at Cambridge University and Columbia Law School. He practiced as a lawyer in New York and London for many years before returning to South Africa.

His debut book, The Alphabet of Birds (2013), was originally written in Afrikaans and has won several prizes including two University of Johannesburg Prizes^[1] and a South African Literary Award. He also received the 2014 Jan Rabie and Marjorie Wallace Writing Scholarship, the largest award for creative writing in South Africa. In 2015 Alfabet van die voëls was published in English as The Alphabet of Birds by And Other Stories.

He currently lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Awards

• 2012 South African Literary Awards First-time Published Author Award: Afrikaans for Alfabet van die voëls
• 2012 University of Johannesburg Prize for Alfabet van die voëls
• 2014 Jan Rabie and Marjorie Wallace Writing Scholarship
• 2018 University of Johannesburg Prize for Die derde spoel
• 2018 kykNET-Rapport Prize for Fiction for Die derde spoel
• 2019 Hertzog Prize for Die derde spoel^[2]
• 2022 University of Johannesburg Prize for Dol Heuning
• 2022 Hertzog Prize for Dol Heuning
• 2022 Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award for Mad Honey^[3]
• 2023 CL Engelbrecht Prize for Literature for Dol Heuning

Works

• (2015) The Alphabet of Birds. And Other Stories. ^[4]
• (2018) The Third Reel. Salt Publishing Ltd.
• (2020) Mad Honey. Penguin Random House Publishing.

Notes and References

1. Web site: UJ-pryse. 2021-11-08. University of Johannesburg. Afrikaans.
2. Web site: Mediaverklaring . 12 April 2019 . 20 May 2019 . Prinsloo . Dionē.
3. Web site: Waal . Compiled by Shaun de . Sala winners announced: News24 columnist Ebrahim Harvey awarded for non-fiction work . 2023-11-17 . Life . en-US.
4. Book: van der Vlies, Andrew . 2019 . Queer Returns in Postapartheid Short Fiction: S. J. Naudé's The Alphabet of Birds . Barnard . Rita . van der Vlies . Andrew . South African Writing in Transition . Bloomsbury Publishing . 195–216. 9781350086883.