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Makenzy Orcel is finalist at Prix Goncourt 2022.

Makenzy Orcel’s novel Une Somme Humaine is a finalist of Prix Goncourt 2022 announced at the Beirut Books Festival, Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday, October 25, 2022.   The Prix Goncourt is given by the French Académie Goncourt to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of the year”. While it only has […]

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Makenzy Orcel on Prix Goncourt 2022 Deuxième Selection

Makenzy Orcel’s novel Une Somme Humaine is on the #Deuxième Selection of Prix Goncourt 2022 announced on October 4, 2022. Prix Goncourt is France’s most prestigious literary award. The Prix Goncourt is given by the French Académie Goncourt to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of the year”. While it only […]

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Yvika Pierre, Alexia Tolas win BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022.

Yvika Pierre and Alexia Tolas were announced winners of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 on September 3, 2022. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate […]

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Makenzy Orcel on Prix Goncourt 2022 Premier Selection

Makenzy Orcel’s novel Une Somme Humaine is on the Premier Selection of Prix Goncourt 2022 announced today, September 6, 2022. Prix Goncourt is France’s most prestigious literary award. The Prix Goncourt is given by the French Académie Goncourt to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of the year”. While it only […]

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BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 finalists announced.

The finalists of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 were made public on Sunday, August 21, 2022. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to facilitate vibrant conversations […]

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BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 longlist announced.

The longlists of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 were announced on Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30, 2022. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet founded in 2019. It is designed to […]

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Writers of African descent among French Academy laureates.

Jean-Pierre Langellier, Frantz Voltaire, and Jean D’Amerique are among the laureates of the French Academy announced on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The French Academy is the principal organisation for matters pertaining to the French language in France. The academy is responsible for awarding several different prizes in various fields (including literature, painting, poetry, theatre, cinema, […]

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Jean D’Amérique wins Prix Heather-Dohollau 2022

Jean D’Amérique’s book Atelier du silence was declared the winner of the Prix Heather-Dohollau 2022 on April 12, 2022. Heather Dohollau born in Wales was a poet who wrote many plays and essays before she passed away in 2013. Prix Heather-Dohollau is awarded to a book in poetry in French. The jury for 2022 comprised […]

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Blaise Ndala, Louis-Philippe Dalembert on Prix de la Porte Dorée 2022 shortlist

Blaise Ndala and Louis-Philippe Dalembert are on the shortlist for Prix de la Porte Dorée 2022 announced on April 9, 2022. Prix de la Porte Dorée (English: Porte Dorée Literary Prize) rewards a novel or a story written in French dealing with the theme of exile. The prize is endowed with 4,000 euros. The jury […]

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Louis-Philippe Dalembert is Prix Joseph Kessel 2022 finalist.

Louis-Philippe Dalembert was revealed to be a finalist of Prix Joseph Kessel 2022 on March 31, 2022. Prix Joseph Kessel is a prize in French language literature, given to “a book of a high literary value written in French” in travel, biography, story, or essay. The prize first awarded in 1997 was named in homage […]

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Jean D’Amerique wins Prix Montluc Résistance et Liberté 2022.

Jean D’Amerique’s Soleil à coudre was declared the winner of Prix Montluc Résistance et Liberté 2022 on Tuesday, March 22, 2022 Prix Montluc Résistance et Liberté (The Montluc Resistance and Freedom prize) rewards a writer who questions the contemporary practices of resistance to oppression in all its forms or whose work constitutes in itself an […]

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Jean D’Amerique wins Prix Fintro Prijs 2021.

Jean D’Amerique was awarded the Prix Fintro Prijs 2021 at a ceremony in Antwerp, Belgium on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. Prix Fintro Prijs is a prize to support young Belgian artists in the three categories of Painting, Sculpture and Photography; Cinema, Theater and Dance; as well as Literature. In the literature category, young authors of […]

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Prix Littéraire Fetkann Maryse Condé 2021 winners announced.

Emmelie Prophete, Lussunzi Vita Mbala, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Jean D’Amerique, Elizabeth Colomba and Aurélie Levy were revealed to be Prix littéraire Fetkann Maryse Condé winners. The announcement was made at Café de Flore, Paris, France on November 24, 2021. The Prix littéraire Fetkann Maryse Condé rewards the works, collections, research works or essays which promote […]

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Jean D’Amérique wins Prix Dubreuil, Prix Apollinaire

Jean D’Amérique’s Soleil à coudre was declared the winner of both the Prix Apollinaire Découverte poésie 2021 and the Prix Dubreuil du Premier Roman 2021 in November. It has been an amazing November for Côte-de-fer, Haiti-born slammer, poet, playwright and novelist Jean D’Amérique who has so far won two major literary awards in France; one […]

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Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr are Prix Goncourt 2021 finalists.

Louis-Philippe Dalembert and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr were revealed to be Prix Goncourt 2021 finalists today, October 26, 2021. The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the French Académie Goncourt to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of the year”. Moroccan-born Leila Slimani won the prize in 2016 […]