Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize
The Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize is an award for African poetry named after the Congolese writer and poet Tchicaya U Tam'si . The award is endowed with US $ 10,000.
Since 1989, the prize has been awarded every two to four years in the small Moroccan town of Asilah . In 2014, the award went to the Ivorian writer Josué Guébo for his book Songe à Lampedusa (English: Think of Lampedusa).
Award 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 ( Ivory Coast )
- 2018: Amadou Lamine Sall (Senegal)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 75. Think of Lampedusa. Lyrikzeitung.com, August 22, 2014, accessed August 23, 2014 .
- ^ Prix Tchicaya U tam si de la poésie africaine 2018: Amadou Lamine Sall ne retient pas joie , lequotidien.sn, June 21, 2018