Tag: Gaël Faye
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Prix Ahmadou Kourouma 2025 finalists announced
The Prix Ahmadou Kourouma 2025 finalists were announced in Geneva, Switzerland on Thursday, January 16, 2025. Ahmadou Kourouma was a legendary Ivorian novelist of many titles including Les Soleils des indépendances (1968), Le Diseur de verité (1972), and the most famous Allah n’est pas oblige (2000) which was translated to Allah Is Not Obliged. The…
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Gaël Faye wins Prix Renaudot 2024
Gaël Faye’s second novel Jacarandawon Prix Renaudot 2024 in Paris, France on Monday, November 4, 2024. Prix Renaudot is a French literary prize awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel published in the previous year. It was created by ten art critics awaiting the results of deliberations of the Prix Goncourt jury in…
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The African novelists on the Dublin International Literary Award 2020 longlist
There are eleven novelists from across Africa on Dublin International Literary Award 2020 longlist announced on Monday, November 11, 2019. The Dublin International Literary Award is presented annually for a novel written in English or translated into English to promote excellence in world literature. The prize worth €100,000, sponsored by the Dublin City Council, Ireland,…