The Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry, established in 1989, rewards a writer who is distinguished by an innovative poetic work, of high artistic value. The prize is named after Congolese writer
Tchicaya U Tam'si
Tchicaya U Tam'si (born Gérald-Félix Tchicaya, 25 August 1931 – 22 April 1988) was a Congolese author; his pen name means "small paper that speaks for its country" in Kikongo.
Life
Born in Mpili, near Brazzaville, French Equatorial Africa ...
(1931–1988).
It was created during the
Assilah city's Forum (
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
), on the initiative of
Muhammad Benaissa, former Moroccan minister of culture and current mayor of Assilah. The prize is generally awarded in August, during the international and cultural moussem (festival) of Assilah.
Alioune Badara Beye chaired the jury of the 2014 edition.
Winners
* 1989 :
Edouard Maunick (
Mauritius
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)
* 1990 :
Jean-Luc Raharimanana (
Madagascar
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)
* 1991 :
René Depestre (
Haiti
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)
[
* 1993 : Mazisi Kunene (South Africa)][
* 1996 : Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi (or Mo'ti Higazi) (]Egypt
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)[
* 1999 : Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard (]Congo-Brazzaville
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)[
* 2001 : Vera Duarte (]Cape Verde
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)
* 2004 : Abdelkarim Tabbal (Morocco
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)[
* 2008 : Niyi Osundare (]Nigeria
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)
* 2011 : Fama Diagne Sène (Senegal
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) and Mehdi Akhrif (Morocco
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)
* 2014 : Josué Guébo
Josué Yoroba Guébo, or Josué Guébo (born July 21, 1972), is an Ivorian Academy (educational institution), academic and man of letters. A major figure of African contemporary poetry, he is also a short story writer, playwright, essayist and au ...
(Côte d'Ivoire
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) for '' Think of Lampedusa''.Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
).
References
External links
African Book Awards DatabaseOsundare and the Tchicaya U’Tamsi Award(fr) Josué Guébo, lauréat du Prix Tchicaya U Tamsi 2014
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Awards established in 1989
African literary awards
1989 establishments in Morocco