La Mamounia literary award

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The La Mamounia literary award (French: prix de La Mamounia) was a Moroccan literary prize founded to promote Moroccan literature written in French. It was awarded from 2010 to 2015 and carried a prize money of 200,000 dirhams (about $22,000 in 2015). [1]

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The award was donated by the La Mamounia hotel in Marrakesh, which also hosted the award ceremonies every year [2] . A jury consisting of well known literary figures selected the recipient out of a varying number of nominations every year. From 2011 on the jury was led by the French writer and critic Christine Orban as president. [3]

Other jury members included the writers Douglas Kennedy (USA), [4] Marie Laberge (Canada), [5] Alain Mabanckou (Republic of the Congo), [3] and Mouna Hachim (Morocco). [6]

Due to financial issues the prize was not awarded after 2015. [4]

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  1. ↑ Badra Berrissoule:5 nominés au prix de la littérature de La Mamounia. L'economiste, 2015-07-09
  2. ↑ "Deuxième édition du prix littéraire La Mamounia". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  3. 1 2 dit, Najeth. "Découvrez les nominés au prix littéraire de la Mamounia". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  4. 1 2 Prix littéraire : La 7e édition du prix de la Mamounia n’aura pas lieu. Yabiladi, 2016-06-09
  5. ↑ "Prix littéraires: Rachid O., lauréat du 4e prix de La Mamounia". LExpress.fr (in French). 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  6. ↑ El Ouafi, Ismail (21 August 2014). "La Mamounia Literary Award Nominates 8 Candidates for its 5th Edition" . Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  7. ↑ MATIN, LE. "Mahi Binebine au firmament avec "Les étoiles de Sidi Moumen"". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Mohamed Leftah reçoit le Prix littéraire de la Mamounia à titre posthume". LExpress.fr (in French). 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  9. ↑ MAP. "Prix littéraire de la Mamounia: Mohamed Nedali, lauréat de la 3ème édition". Libération (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  10. ↑ Thomson |, Liz. "Rachid O Wins Mamounia Literary Award". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  11. ↑ MATIN, LE. "Le Prix «la Mamounia» 2014 décerné à Reda Dalil". lematin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  12. ↑ "Le prix littéraire de La Mamounia 2015 va à Leïla Slimani pour Le Jardin de l'Ogre". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
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