Boeke & skrywers | Books & Writershttp://www.litnet.co.za/Article/beverly-rycroft-wen-die-ingrid-jonker-prys-vir-engelse-posie-2012--beverly-rycroft-wins-thLitNet 2013en-usCopyright 2013media@litnet.co.zaSun, 19 May 2013 12:17:03 +0200LitNet - Boeke & skrywersLitNet | RSS - Boeke & skrywersLitNethttp://www.litnet.co.za/1/LitNetwebvoet@litnet.co.zahttp://www.litnet.co.za/assets/content/large/beverlyijprys-sfokus.jpgBoeke & skrywers | Books & Writershttp://www.litnet.co.za/Article/beverly-rycroft-wen-die-ingrid-jonker-prys-vir-engelse-posie-2012--beverly-rycroft-wins-thfID89608Some textcat89608http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/beverly-rycroft-wen-die-ingrid-jonker-prys-vir-engelse-posie-2012--beverly-rycroft-wins-thBeverly Rycroft wen die Ingrid Jonker-prys vir Engelse poësie 2012 | Beverly Rycroft wins the Ingrid Jonker prize for English poetry 2012<p>Beverly Rycroft wen vanjaar die Ingrid Jonker-prys vir Engelse po&euml;sie met haar digdebuut, <em>missing</em>. Die digters prof Wendy Woodward, Liesl Jobson en Helen Moffett was die beoordelaars.</p>
<p>Rycroft is uitgesonder vir haar &ldquo;versvaardigheid, haar sterk stem en die oorspronklikheid en verskeidenheid in haar beelding en stemtoon.&rdquo; Die beoordelaars het waardering uitgespreek vir die innemende verhaal wat <em>missing</em> vertel: &ldquo;Dis soos &rsquo;n roman of memoir of &rsquo;n boeiende neerdaling na die ryk van Pluto en &rsquo;n wankelende klim terug na die lewe.&rdquo; Die leser word ingetrek en reis saam, &ldquo;maar die po&euml;sie is nooit selfbejammerend of sentimenteel nie. Emosies word behendig onderbeklemtoon en daardeur soveel kragtiger.&rdquo; Die beoordelaars het die gees van emosionele grootmoedigheid in haar gedigte geprys: &ldquo;Deur die vaevuur van siekte toon Rycroft te alle tye waardering van d&iacute;t wat elders gebeur ten spyte van persoonlike lyding en herinner s&oacute; aan W.H. Auden se &lsquo;Mus&eacute;e des Beaux Arts&rsquo;.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Benewens die moed, humor en volgehoue beeldkrag van Rycroft se gedigte het die beoordelaars haar vermo&euml; uitgelig om die waarheid net effe skeef te vertel soos Emily Dickinson dit gestel het &ndash; &ldquo;to tell the truth only slightly slant.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Nege digdebute is vir beoordeling voorgel&ecirc; en die paneel het ges&ecirc; dit was moeilik om vanjaar &rsquo;n keuse te maak. Een beoordelaar het dit as &rsquo;n <em>photo-finish </em>beskryf en &rsquo;n ander het ges&ecirc; al drie van haar topkeuses was &ldquo;merkwaardige bundels&rdquo; wat &ldquo; &rsquo;n ho&euml; vlak van kunsvaardigheid, &rsquo;n diep oorwo&euml; estetika en dapper verkenning van die mees private geskiedenisse van die vertellers wat hierdie bladsye bewoon&rdquo; ten toon gestel het.</p>
<p>Die Ingrid Jonker-prys word jaarliks beurtelings aan 'n Afrikaanse of &rsquo;n Engelse debuutdigbundel toegeken, die twee tale waarin Ingrid Jonker geskryf het. Rycroft sal tydens die Open Book-fees in Kaapstad die prys, wat bestaan uit &rsquo;n medalje en &rsquo;n bedrag kontant, in ontvangs neem. Die prys word op 22 September om 20:00 in die Athol Fugard-teater oorhandig deur Ingrid Jonker se dogter, Simone. Rycroft sal by di&eacute; geleentheid uit haar wenbundel voorlees. Die prysuitdeling en voorlesing is gratis en oop vir die publiek.</p>
<p>Danie Marais is die sameroeper van die Ingrid Jonker-komitee. Die ander lede van die komitee is Ronel de Goede, Diana Ferrus, Finuala Dowling en Leon de Kock.</p>
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<p>Beverly Rycroft&rsquo;s debut collection,&nbsp;<em>missing</em>,&nbsp;is the winner of this year&rsquo;s Ingrid Jonker prize for English poetry. The judging panel consisted of the poets prof Wendy Woodward,&nbsp;Liesl Jobson&nbsp;and&nbsp;Helen Moffett.</p>
<p>Rycroft was singled out for her &quot;craft, her strong, confident voice, the originality and variety of imagery and tone.&quot;&nbsp;<em>Missing</em>&nbsp;was praised for its beguiling narrative, &quot;like a novel or memoir of a gripping descent into Pluto&rsquo;s kingdom, and the unsteady ascent back into life&quot;. The reader is completely immersed in the journey, &quot;but the poetry is never self-pitying or sentimental. Emotions are deftly understated and become all the more forceful.&quot; Judges found a spirit of emotional generosity in her poems: &quot;Throughout the purgatory of illness, Rycroft has an appreciation, always, of what is happening elsewhere in spite of personal suffering, recalling Auden&rsquo;s 'Mus&eacute;e des Beaux Arts'.&quot;</p>
<p>Judges commented not only on the courage, humour and sustained imagery of the poems, but on Rycroft&rsquo;s ability (following Emily Dickinson&rsquo;s dictum) to tell the truth, only slightly slant.</p>
<p>Nine volumes were submitted for judging. Competition was stiff, with one judge describing the process as a &lsquo;photo-finish&rsquo; and another commenting that the top three were &lsquo;remarkable works&rsquo; which displayed &lsquo;a high level of artistry, a deeply considered aesthetic and courageous investigation into the most private histories of the narrators inhabiting the pages.&rsquo;</p>
<p>The Ingrid Jonker Prize for debut poetry collections is awarded every year, alternately for work in English and Afrikaans. The prize, which consists of a medal and a cash amount, will be handed over at a ceremony during the Open Book Festival at the Athol Fugard Theatre on Saturday 22 September at 20h00. Ingrid Jonker&rsquo;s daughter, Simone, will be present to hand over the prize. Beverly Rycroft will read from her winning collection.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.argief.litnet.co.za/cgi-bin/giga.cgi?cmd=cause_dir_news_item&amp;cause_id=1270&amp;news_id=95014&amp;cat_id=0">Click here to read interviews with Beverly Rycroft on LitNet.</a></p>2013-05-19T12:17:03+02:00