Category: Haiti
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Myriam J.A. Chancy wins OCM Bocas Prize 2025
Myriam J.A. Chancy’s novel Village Weavers won the OCM Bocas Prize 2025 at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Saturday, May 3, 2025. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three…
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Premio Oceanos 2025 first selections announced
The Premio Oceanos 2025 first selections were announced in São Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025. 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 works by Brazilian writers were eligible for…
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OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The OCM Bocas Prize 2025 shortlist was announced in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, March 16, 2025. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry, fiction…
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Claudia Rankine, James Noël are DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2025
Claudia Rankine and James Noël were named DAAD Berlin Artist-in-Residents 2025 on July 11, 2024. The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program has been awarded internationally highly regarded fellowships since 1963. Over 1000 outstanding international visual artists, authors, filmmakers, composers, and sound artists have been invited to live and work in Berlin. As part of its long-term support…
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Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2025 finalists announced
The Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2025 finalists were announced on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. 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. Worth €15,000, it is aimed at highlighting literary talents reflecting the expression of…
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Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2024 finalists announced
The Prix Littéraire Les Afriques 2024 finalists were announced on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Prix Littéraire Les Afriques is awarded annually to an African or writer of African descent who has written fiction highlighting a human, societal, ideological, political, cultural, economic, or historical issue related to Africa or its diaspora. Prix Les Afriques, created by…
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Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 longlists announced
The longlists for the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival Literary Awards 2024 were announced on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. The Brooklyn Caribbean Literature Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of culture as expressed through the pen of the storyteller and the voice of the poet, executed as a series of readings of classic and contemporary stories, workshops,…
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Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Eve Guerra are Académie Goncourt 2024 Spring winners
Louis-Philippe Dalembert and Eve Guerra were declared winners of Académie Goncourt 2024 Spring Literary prizes on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt Literary Society), usually called the Académie Goncourt (Goncourt Academy), is a French literary organisation based in Paris founded by the French writer and publisher Edmond de Goncourt in 1900.…
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OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 longlists announced.
The OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024 longlists were announced in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, March 10, 2024. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, worth US$10,000, is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three…
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Translations: Anni Domingo, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Makenzy Orcel, Shingai Njeri Kigunda
Translations for books by Anni Domingo, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Makenzy Orcel, and Shingai Njeri Kigunda are available for your reading pleasure. Book: The EmperorOriginal Title: L’EmpereurAuthor: Makenzy OrcelTranslator: Nathan H. Dize.Publisher: Seagull BooksPublishing Date: May 2024Language: French to EnglishWhere to Find it: Click here. Having committed the irreparable, a man waits in his room for someone…
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Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2024 finalists announced.
The finalists for Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie 2024 were announced on Wednesday, December 13, 2023. 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 at highlighting literary talents reflecting the expression of cultural…
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Prix Ivoire for African Literature 2023 finalists announced.
The finalists for Prix Ivoire for African Literature in Francophone Expression 2023, Cote D’Ivoire’s leading literary prize, were announced in Abidjan on August 17, 2023. The Prix Ivoire for African Literature in Francophone Expression or simply Prix Ivoire is a literary award created by Akwaba Culture, an Ivorian law association in 2008. Open to writers…
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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…