S. J. Naudé

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

After studying law at the University of Pretoria, Naudé practiced as a lawyer in New York and London before returning to South Africa to complete a master's degree in creative writing.

His debut book, The Alphabet of Birds (2013), was originally written in Afrikaans and has won several prizes including two University of Johannesburg Prizes 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
 * 2022 University of Johannesburg Prize for Dol Heuning
 * 2022 Hertzog Prize for Dol Heuning
 * 2022 Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award for Mad Money
 * 2023 CL Engelbrecht Prize for Literature for Dol Heuning

Works

 * (2015) The Alphabet of Birds. And Other Stories. ISBN 9781908276445
 * (2018) The Third Reel. Salt Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781784631505
 * (2020) Mad Honey. Penguin Random House Publishing. ISBN 9781415210673