Tag: Mia Couto
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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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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,…
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José Eduardo Agualusa, Mia Couto and Chinelo Okparanta make Dublin 2017 shortlist
José Eduardo Agualusa, Mia Couto and Chinelo Okparanta are three African on the shortlist of the Dublin International Literary Award 2017 announced on April 11, 2017. The Dublin International Literary Award is worth €100,000 to the winner and is the world’s most valuable annual literary award for a single work of fiction published in English.…
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Lucilio Manjate wins inaugural Eduardo Costely-White Literature Prize
Mozambican writer Lucílio Manjate has won the first edition of the Eduardo Costley-White literary prize with his work “Rabhia”, the Portuguese-American Development Foundation (FLAD) announced today. Our good friend JESSEMUSSE CACINDA reports from Maputo in Mozambique. The Lusophone – American Foundation for development, FLAD AFRICA, started a new literary prize to promote the new African…