Fiston Mwanza Mujila is the Rosegger Literary Prize 2018 winner for his novel Tram 83. The Austria based prize, worth 10,000 Euros, was awarded on March 31, 2018. The Peter Rosegger Literature Prize has been awarded since 1951 by the Province of Styria in memory of Peter Rosegger. Styria is one of the provinces of […]
Etisalat Prize 2015 tour: The Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 is set to hold a series of literary events in Nairobi from Wednesday, June 15th – Saturday, June 18th 2016. The event will be aimed at celebrating the shortlisted writers and winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is […]
Fiston Mwanza Mujila was the winner of the most recent Etisalat Prize for Literature in a ceremony in Lagos on 19th March 2016. The chief judge of the prize Ato Quayson who is a professor at the University of Toronto had very positive words to say about the book when he made the presentation […]
On Saturday, March 19 2016 a new icon will be introduced to the African literary game as the Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 is announced. In the running are three books The Story of Anna P, as Told by Herself by South Africa’s Penny Busetto, Tram 83 by DR Congo’s Fiston Mwanza Mujila and What […]
DR Congo’s Fiston Mwanza Mujila and Angola’s José Eduardo Agualusa made the Man Booker International Prize longlist that was announced today. The longlisted two join the last 13 books of 155 books gunning to win the prize dedicated to celebrating the finest in global fiction. The prize is sponsored by Man Group, one of the […]
The longlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature for 2015 was announced today. The prize launched in June 2013 as the first pan-African prize pen solely to debut fiction writers of African citizenship has quickly established itself as one of the most prestigious literary prize for African fiction. Previous winners of the prize include Noviolet […]
