Lotus Prize for Literature

The Lotus Prize for Literature (also known as Lotus International Reward for Literature or The Lotus Prize for African and Asian Literature) was a literary award presented annually to African and Asian authors by the Afro-Asian Writers' Association (also known as Association of Asian and African Writers).[1]

The Bureau, as the Association was initially known, was founded in Sri Lanka in 1958.[2] In 1962 it moved to Cairo with Youssef El-Sebai elected general secretary.[2] The Bureau began to publish Lotus Magazine, a forum for short-stories, poetry, book reviews and literary essays.[2] The inaugural Lotus Prize was given in 1969 to Alex La Guma who was living in exile in London at the time.[3] After the assassination of its secretary-general, the Bureau moved to Beirut, then Tunisia, and finally came back to Cairo.[2] former Arab League secretary-general Lutfi El-Kholi became its secretary-general and when he died, the movement began to falter.[2]

Selected winners

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References

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  10. Subhas Mukhopadhyay, 1919-, Library of Congress
  11. Meja Mwangi, British Council Literature
  12. Abu Salma by Barghouti
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  14. Meja Mwangi
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  16. Bhisham Sahni, 1915-, Library of Congress
  17. The Asahi Shimbun "Oda, writer and peace activist, dies at 75" 30 July 2007
  18. Overseas Guest Poets for TPF2008
  19. 'America' in the Poetry of José Craveirinha, English in Africa, Vol. 31, No. 1, May, 2004. JSTOR
  20. Mahmoud Darwish Biography


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