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Caribbean: French Literary Prizes

Friday, November 6th, 2009 @ 14:50 UTC

by Fabienne Flessel

Countries:: Senegal, Haiti, Martinique, France, Canada, Guadeloupe
Topics:: Arts & Culture, Diaspora, Literature, Language
Languages:: French, English

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Français:	Antilles : Deux grands prix littéraires !
Swahili:	Karibea: Tuzo za Fasihi ya Kifaransa

This week, two of the most prestigious French literary prizes were awarded to two French-speaking authors of African descent: The French-speaking Caribbean blogosphere has been buzzing over this double satisfaction, in this post from Haiti, this one from Guadeloupe and this one from Martinique [Fr].

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