Mozambique: Marcelo Panguana wins José Craveirinha Literature Prize

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Mozambique: Marcelo Panguana wins José Craveirinha Literature Prize

11:56 CAT | 01 Sep 2023

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Writer Marcelo Panguana is the winner of the 2023 José Craveirinha Literature Prize, the highest award for literature and culture in Mozambique, the Mozambican Writers Association (AEMO) announced Thursday in Maputo.

“This means that in the near future, with my dear wife, we are going to pretend, throughout the country, that we are rich. It will fundamentally allow me to have peace of mind, to have the presence of mind to continue doing what I I like, which is writing, writing, writing and writing”, said Marcelo Panguana, after receiving the award.

The José Craveirinha Literature Award is an annual $25,000 cash prize and was established in 2003, in honour of the poet, first president and co-founder (1922-2003) of AEMO, in 1981. Until 2007 this prize was awarded to the best book of the year and from 2009 onwards to award the career of a Mozambican writer, poet or essayist whose work enriched Mozambican literary art and culture. The Sponsor of the José Craveirinha Prize is the Cahora Bassa Hydroelectric (HCB).

Mozambican writer and journalist, Marcelo Dias Panguana was born on March 30, 1951, in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo.

He published the books of short stories “As Vozes Que Falam Verdade”, in 1987, and “A Balada dos Deuses”, in 1991. In 1999, together with Jorge Oliveira, he published “Fazedores da Alma”, a collection of interviews with various personalities of Mozambican culture.

He is also the author of “O Chão das Graças”, 2004, “Os ossos de Ngungunhana, João Kuimba, Chico Ndaenda e outros contos”, from 2006, “Como um loco ao fim da tarde”, 2010, “Conversas do fim do mundo”, 2012, and “O vagabundo da patria”, 2016.

Marcelo Panguana also writes children’s stories and has already received recognition awards in Italy and Brazil.

Source: Lusa