Category: Burkina Faso
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US National Translation Awards 2023 shortlists announced.
Monique Ilboudo, Iman Mersal, and Ananda Devi are on the shortlists for the US National Translation Awards 2023 announced on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. The National Translation Award is awarded annually in poetry and in prose to literary translators who have made an outstanding contribution to literature in English by masterfully recreating the artistic force…
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Yarri Kamara receives PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant 2020.
Yarri Kamara was announced as a PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant 2020 recipient on December 23, 2019. The PEN/Heim Translation Fund awards grants to promote the publication and reception of translated world literature in English. It was established in 2003 by a gift from Priscilla and Michael Henry Heim in response to the dismayingly low number…
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Submissions sought for African Writers Residency in Burkina Faso.
Submissions are sought for a new African Writers Residency set up by The Goethe-Institut/ Bureau de liaison Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso. The Goethe-Institut/ Bureau de liaison Ouagadougou is setting up a writer’s residency for young African writers (less than 40 years) in 2019/20 in Burkina Faso. The new residency is open to writers of all…
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African Literary Festivals you can attend in 2018
Here is a list of African literary festivals you can attend in 2018. 2017 promised and delivered to literary feast of festivals in all corners of the continent. Writers and readers met and interacted in many different venues in many types of environments. Some like Kaduna Book and Arts Festival and Mboka Festival were new…