La Mamounia literary award

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]

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]

Recipients

• 2010: Mahi Binebine[7]
• 2011: Mohamed Leftah[8]
• 2012: Mohamed Nedali[9]
• 2013: Rachid O[10]
• 2014: Réda Dalil[11]
• 2015: Leïla Slimani[12]

References

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. dit, Najeth. "Découvrez les nominés au prix littéraire de la Mamounia". Telquel.ma (in French). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
4. 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.

External links

• Boyd Tonkin: The wonders of Moroccan literature. The Independent, 2014-10-02
• Lara Marlowe: Sex, addiction and shattering tradition in Moroccan literature. The Irish Times, 2015-09-26
• Sue Ryan: La Mamounia Literary Prize. The Arbuturian, 2013-10-14