Tag: Nathacha Appanah

  • Prix Renaudot 2023 first selection announced

    Prix Renaudot 2023 first selection announced

    Gaëlle Bélem, Eric Chacour, Nathacha Appanah, and Elgas are on the first selection for Prix Renaudot 2023 announced on Thursday, September 7, 2023. Prix Renaudot is a French literary prize awarded to the author of an outstanding original novel published during the previous year. It was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the…

  • Book digest: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Krystle Zara Appiah, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Nathacha Appanah

    Book digest: Tsitsi Dangarembga, Krystle Zara Appiah, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Nathacha Appanah

    We wrap up book news for our readers in our regular Book Digest segment with books from Tsitsi Dangarembga, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Krystle Zara Appiah, and Nathacha Appanah. Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga Publisher: Graywolf PressPublication Date:  January 17, 2023Genre: Nonfiction, EssaysLanguage: English  Where to find it: Graywolf Press Tsitsi Dangarembga Tsitsi Dangarembga’s debut…

  • Nathacha Appanah, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr on Prix Fémina 2021 second selection.

    Nathacha Appanah, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr on Prix Fémina 2021 second selection.

    Nathacha Appanah  and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr were revealed to on the second selection for Prix Fémina 2021 on September 29, 2021. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina) in 1904. It is decided each year by an exclusively female jury.…

  • Writers of African descent on Prix Fémina 2021 first selection

    Writers of African descent on Prix Fémina 2021 first selection

    Nathacha Appanah, Robert Jones Junior and Mohamed Mbougar Sarr were revealed to on the first selection for Prix Fémina 2021 on September 8, 2021. The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse (today known as Femina) in 1904. It is decided each year by an…

  • Nathacha Appanah , Leila Slimani make Prix Goncourt 2016 shortlist

    Nathacha Appanah , Leila Slimani make Prix Goncourt 2016 shortlist

    Mautirius born Nathacha Appanah and Algerian born Leila Slimani are on France’s top literary prize the Prix Goncourt 2016 shortlist. The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of “the best and most imaginative prose work of the year”. Four other prizes are also awarded: prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (first novel), prix…