Claim: Sipho Sepamla, a contemporary South African poet and novelist who founded the Federated Union of Black Artists, received the Thomas Pringle Award (1977) and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his writing.
Evidence: Sydney Sipho Sepamla (22 September 1932 – 9 January 2007) was a contemporary South African poet and novelist. He was a founder of the Federated Union of Black Artists (now the Fuba Academy of Arts) and editor of the literary magazine New Classic and the theatre magazine S'ketsh. He received the Thomas Pringle Award (1977) and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for his writing.