Blaise Ndala’s Dans le ventre du Congo is a finalist at Prix du livre d’Ottawa 2022. The announcement was made on September 20, 2022. Prix du livre d’Ottawa and Ottawa Book Award, founded in 1986, is a Canadian literary award presented by the City of Ottawa to the best English and French language books written […]
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 […]
Blaise Ndala was revealed to be the honorary president of Salon du livre de l’Outaouais 2022 on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The Salon du livre de l’Outaouais is an annual literary and cultural event taking place in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1979, its mission is to catalyze literary life in the Outaouais. Since its […]
Blaise Ndala was revealed to be the winner of Prix Kourouma 2021 in Geneva, Switzerland on October 22, 2021. When legendary Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma passed away in 2003, the African salon at the Geneva Book Fair decided to pay tribute to him by creating a literary prize that bears his name in the following […]
Blaise Ndala, Marc Alexandre Oho Bambe, Bessora, and Emmelie Prophete are finalists of the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2021 announced on October 21, 2021. Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie (English: Five Continents Prize of the Francophonie) was established by the International Organization of the Francophonie in 2001. It is aimed […]
Blaise Ndala’s novel Dans le venture du Congo was declared the winner of Prix Ivoire 2021 on October 20, 2021. The Prix Ivoire is a literary award open to writers from Africa and its Diasporas created by Akwaba Culture, an Ivorian law association, in 2008. It is sponsored by the Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Culture, […]
The finalists for Prix Ivoire for African Literature in French, the leading literary prize from Cote D’Ivoire, were announced on Sunday, August 29, 2021 The Prix Ivoire is an award created by Akwaba Culture, an Ivorian law association in 2008. Open to writers from Africa and its Diasporas, the winner gets a two million CFA […]
Six writers feature on the shortlist for the Prix Kourouma 2021 announced in Geneva, Switzerland on May 31, 2021. When legendary Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma passed away in 2003, the African salon at the Geneva Book Fair decided to pay tribute to him by creating a literary prize that bears his name in the following […]
The writers who made the longlist for the Prix Kourouma 2021 were announced on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. When legendary Ivorian author Ahmadou Kourouma passed away in 2003, the African salon at the Geneva Book Fair decided to pay tribute to him by creating a literary prize that bears his name in the following year. […]
