Literary Associations Prize calls for books in English, African languages

Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires (Grand Prix of Literary Associations) 2019 has called for entries of books written in English, French, Spanish and African languages. The prize was launched in Cameroon in 2013. The awards were then defined as bilingual English-and-French literary prizes awarded on the proposals of literary associations, especially in the Research and […]

Grand Prix des Associations Littéraires (Grand Prix of Literary Associations) 2019 has called for entries of books written in English, French, Spanish and African languages.

The prize was launched in Cameroon in 2013. The awards were then defined as bilingual English-and-French literary prizes awarded on the proposals of literary associations, especially in the Research and Belles-Lettres (beautiful letters according to Google translate) categories. Since 2015, the prize has been open to work written in other languages with a focus on African languages. They are run in partnership with Brasseries du Cameroun with sponsorship by Castel Beer.

The 2018 winners were among others ’Ngugi wa Thiongo and Yasmina Khadra

Apart from the prizes in these categories the organisers also hand out a few other awards on the day of the ceremony. They include a posthumous honour they call the Grand prix de la mémoire which has been won by Francis Bebey (2013), Tchicaya U Tam’Si (2014), Cheikh Anta Diop (2015), Sankie Maimo (2016), and William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, also known as W.E.B. Du BOIS (2017). Also, on offer is the Grand Prix des Mécènes that has been awarded to Guillaume Oyônô Mbia (2014), Patrice Kayo (2015), Bernard Dadié (2016), Seydou Badian Kouyaté (2017), and Jean-Marc Ela (2018).