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Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry

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Country
  
Morocco

Reward(s)
  
$10,000

Last awarded
  
2014

Presented by
  
Assilah city's Forum

First awarded
  
1989

Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry

Currently held by
  
Côte d'Ivoire Josué Guébo

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 (1931–1988).

It was created during the Assilah city's Forum (Morocco), 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)
  • 1991 : René Depestre (Haiti)
  • 1993 : Mazisi Kunene (South Africa)
  • 1996 : Ahmed Abdel Muti Hijazi (or Mo'ti Higazi) (Egypt)
  • 1999 : Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard (Congo-Brazzaville)
  • 2001 : Vera Duarte (Cape Verde)
  • 2004 : Abdelkarim Tabbal (Morocco)
  • 2008 : Niyi Osundare (Nigeria)
  • 2011 : Fama Diagne Sène (Senegal) and Mehdi Akhrif (Morocco)
  • 2014 : Josué Guébo (Côte d'Ivoire)

    • References

    Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry Wikipedia
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