Category: Angola
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Jorge Arrimar wins DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize 2024
Jorge Arrimar’s novel Cuéle – O Pássaro Troçador won DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize 2024 on Friday, November 22, 2024. The DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize is a joint initiative between dst group and Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua celebrating books published in poetry and prose by Angolan artists. DST Angola is a subsidiary…
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Book Digest: Jose Eduardo Agualusa, Zukiswa Wanner, Maame Blue, Amber McBride
In our regular Book Digest segment, we wrap up book news for our readers with books from Jose Eduardo Agualusa, Zukiswa Wanner, Maame Blue, and Amber McBride. Mestre dos Batuques by Jose Eduardo Agualusa Publisher: Quetzal PublishersDate: September 2024Genre: Fiction, short storiesLanguage: PortugueseWhere to find it: Quetzal Publishers Jose Eduardo Agualusa José Eduardo Agualusa was…
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Premio Oceanos 2024 longlist announced
Angolan, Brazilian, Mozambican, and Cape Verdean writers feature on the longlists for Premio Oceanos 2024 announced on Friday, August 23, 2024. Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (English: Oceanos-Prize for Literature in the Portuguese Language) is a Brazilian literary award for poetry and prose founded in 2003. In the first years, only work by Brazilian…
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Mia Couto, Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida win Associação Portuguesa de Escritores 2024 awards
Mia Couto and Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida won in their categories at Associação Portuguesa de Escritores Awards 2024 on July 16, 2024. Associação Portuguesa de Escritores (English: Portuguese Writers Association) was formed in 1970. Among its flagship activities are the annual literary awards for the best writing in different categories. They include the Grande Prémio…
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Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 shortlist announced
The shortlist for the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize 2024 was announced on Thursday, May 23, 2024. The Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize is for book-length literary translations into English from any living European language. It aims to honour the translation craft and recognise its cultural importance. It was founded by Lord Weidenfeld and is supported by New College, The…
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Island Prize 2024 longlist announced
The longlist for the Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa 2024 was made public on Friday, February 23, 2024. The Island Prize for a Debut Novel from Africa is a prize from Holland House Books (UK), Karavan Press (SA) as well as Booker Prize longlistee Karen Jennings. It is aimed at giving writers…
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Book Digest: Njambi McGrath, Jason Allen-Paisant, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Farouk Sesay and Elizabeth L. A. Kamar
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Njambi McGrath, Jason Allen-Paisant, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Farouk Sesay, and Elizabeth L. A. Kamar. Rinsing Mukami’s Soul by Njambi McGrath Publisher: JacarandaDate: February 2, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Jacaranda Njambi McGrath Njambi McGrath is a…
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João Tala receives Grande Prémio de Cultura e Artes de Angola 2023.
João Tala was declared the winner of Grande Prémio de Cultura e Artes de Angola 2023, literature category in Luanda on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The Grande Prémio de Cultura e Artes de Angola 2023 (English: National Prize for Culture and Arts of Angola) is a local government initiative aimed at encouraging the creative ingenuity…
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João Melo wins Premio de Literatura DST Angola/Camões 2023
João Melo’s poetry collection Diário do Medo won Premio de Literatura DST Angola/ Camões 2023 on November 6, 2023. The DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize is a joint initiative between dstgroup and Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua celebrating books published in poetry and prose by Angolan artists. DST Angola is a subsidiary of…
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Ondjaki wins Vergílio Ferreira Award 2023
Ondjaki was awarded the Vergílio Ferreira Award 2023 in Évora, Portugal on Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Vergílio Ferreira was a Portuguese writer, essayist, professor, and a key figure in Portuguese-language literature. He was awarded the Camões Prize, which seeks to distinguish the great names of Portuguese-language literature, in 1992. He passed away in 1996 and…
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Book Digest: João Melo, Sharma Taylor, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, and Bisi Adjapon.
We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with new books from João Melo, Sharma Taylor, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, and Bisi Adjapon. Angola is Wherever I Plant My Field by João Melo Publisher: Iskanchi PressPublication Date: January 30, 2023Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Iskanchi Press João Melo João…
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Dublin International Literary Award 2023 longlist announced.
The longlist for the Dublin International Literary Award 2023 has been announced in Dublin, Ireland today, Monday, January 30, 2023. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature since. The prize worth €100,000 is sponsored by the Dublin City…
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Finalists for Brazil’s Premio Oceanos 2022 announced.
The ten finalists for Brazil’s Premio Oceanos 2022 were announced on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa is a Brazilian literary award handed out annually since it was established in 2003. In the first years, only works by Brazilian writers were eligible for the Portugal Telecom-sponsored award until 2007 when Portuguese-language…
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Ondjaki, Philipp Khabo Koepsell for James Murua Literary LiveStream.
Ondjaki and Philipp Khabo Koepsell are the guests of the James Murua Literary LiveStream on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, at 18:00 GMT/ 19:00 WAT/ 20:00 CAT/ 21:00 EAT. You can join the stream, brought to you in cooperation with Frankfurter Buchmesse with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office, on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter.…
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Ondjaki talks Lusophone literature at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5.
Ondjaki spoke about writing in Portuguese at Afrolit Sans Frontières Season 5 from Luanda, Angola on Saturday, August 1, 2020. Afrolit Sans Frontières, a virtual literary festival for writers of African origin, was founded by author and publisher Zukiswa Wanner as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic international lockdowns. The festival format is two sessions…