Kobus Moolman
Professor of Creative Writing at the University of the Western Cape
Awards
2021
UWC Creative Arts Output award for 2020
2021
2019
National Research Foundation academic rating: C2
2019
2019
University of the Western Cape, Arts Faculty research grant
2019
2016
Short story, “Angel Heart”, awarded Runner-Up prize in the Short Sharp Stories 2016 competition
2016
2016
Shortlisted for the National Institute for the Humanities and the Social Sciences award
for A Book of Rooms
2016
2016
Shortlisted for the Blue Max Review (Ireland) poetry competition
2016
2016
Winner of the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry
for A Book of Rooms
2016
2014
Finalist in the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry
for Left Over
2014
2014
Nominated for the South African Literary Award for Poetry
for Left Over
2014
2013
Winner of the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award
for the poem "Daily Duty"
2013
2011
Winner of the Inglis House Poetry Contest, United States
2011
2010
Winner of the South African Literary Award for Poetry
for Separating the Seas
2010
2009
DALRO Prize for the best poem to appear in New Coin magazine in 2008, awarded for the cycle of poems, ‘Anatomy’
2009
2009
Nominated for a Pushcart Poetry Prize
2009
2009
Competitive Research Grant, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2009
2008
Merit Award, University of KwaZulu-Natal
2008
2008
Finalist in the Inglis House Poetry Contest
2008
2004
Jury Prize for best script at PANSA Festival of Reading of New Writing
2004
2003
Finalist in the BBC African Performance radio drama competition
2003
2002
Ingrid Jonker Prize for a debut collection of poetry
Time like Stone
University of Natal Press. 2000
2002
2000
Finalist in the Noupoort Reward for Playwriting
2000
2000
Finalist in the Noupoort Reward for Playwriting
2000
1998
Helen Martins Fellowship from the Dramatic and Literary Rights’ Organisation to undertake writing residency in Nieu Bethesda
1998
1997
President's Award for the best paper by a first-time speaker at the South African Museum's Association (SAMA) 16th national conference
1997
1995
Merit Award in BBC African Radio Theatre Award
1995
1992
Merit Award in Amstel Playwright of the Year
1992
1991
Macmillan Southern African Playwriting Award
1991
1987
BBC African Radio Theatre Award
1987