(Translated by https://www.hiragana.jp/)
Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia Jump to content

Noma Award for Publishing in Africa: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
LaaknorBot (talk | contribs)
122,478 edits
Adding local short description: "Prize awarded to African writers and scholars", overriding Wikidata description "award"
(27 intermediate revisions by 20 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Prize awarded to African writers and scholars}}
The '''Noma Award for Publishing in Africa''' (''French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique'') is a [[USD|$]]10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who publish in [[Africa]]. Established in 1979, the award is annual and given to any new book published in three categories: literature, juvenile and scholarly. The award is sponsored by [[Kodansha]] Ltd, Japan and presented under the auspices of [[UNESCO]].
The '''Noma Award for Publishing in Africa''' (''French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique''), which ran from 1980 to 2009, was an annual [[USD|$]]10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who published in [[Africa]]. Within four years of its establishment, the prize "had become the major book award in Africa".<ref name="Khorana1998">{{cite book|editor=Meena Khorana|title=Critical Perspectives on Postcolonial African Children's and Young Adult Literature|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTJJXFrUTMwC&pg=PA27|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29864-6|pages=27–44|chapter=Award-winning Children's Books: The Noma Selections, 1980–1994}}</ref> It was one of the series of [[Noma Prize]]s.
Books are admissible in any of the languages of Africa, both local and European.

The prize was established in 1979 by [[Shoichi Noma]] (died 1984), president of [[Kodansha Ltd]], the largest publishing house in Japan, to encourage the publication of works by African authors.<ref name="Owomoyela2008">{{cite book|editor=Oyekan Owomoyela|title=The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VaZx0Q2O3l8C&pg=PA132|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=2008|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12686-1|page=132}}</ref> The award was annual and given to any new book published in three categories: literature, juvenile and scholarly. The award was sponsored by Kodansha Ltd, administered by the quarterly ''[[African Book Publishing Record]]'',<ref name="Altbach1996">{{cite book|editor=Philip Altbach|title=International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nkrGLRvKWpwC&pg=PA370|accessdate=7 October 2012|year=1996|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-16-9|page=370}}</ref> and presented under the auspices of [[UNESCO]]. Books were admissible in any of the languages of Africa, whether [[Languages of Africa|local]] or [[Languages of Europe|European]]. The award was ended in 2009 after the Noma family ceased its sponsorship.<ref name="NomaAward2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml|title=The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa|work=Noma Award|year=2009|author=|accessdate=18 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180155/http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml|archive-date=30 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Winners ==
== Winners ==
*'''1980''': ''Une Si Longue Lettre'' by [[Mariama Bâ]]
*'''1980''': ''[[Une Si Longue Lettre]]'' by [[Mariama Bâ]]
*'''1981''': ''Health Education for the Community'' by [[Felix C. Adi]]
*'''1981''': ''Health Education for the Community'' by [[Felix C. Adi]]
*'''1982''': ''The Brassman’s Secret'' by [[Meshack Asare]]
*'''1982''': ''The Brassman’s Secret'' by [[Meshack Asare]]
*'''1983''': ''Criminal Procedure in Ghana'' by [[Austin Amissah|Austin N.E. Amissah]]
*'''1983''': ''Criminal Procedure in Ghana'' by [[Austin Amissah|Austin N.E. Amissah]]
*'''1984''': ''Mesandiki wa Mau Mau Ithaamirio-in'' [prison memoirs in Gikuyu] by [[Gakaara wa Wanjau]], ''Fools and other stories'' by [[Njabulo Ndebele]]
*'''1984''': ''Mesandiki wa Mau Mau Ithaamirio-in'' [prison memoirs in Gikuyu] by [[Gakaara wa Wanjau]], ''Fools and other stories'' by [[Njabulo Ndebele]] (Johannesburg: [[Ravan Press]])<ref>[https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/abpr.1988.14.issue-4/abpr.1988.14.4.231/abpr.1988.14.4.231.xml "A Profile of Ravan Press: 1984 Noma Award Winner"], ''The African Book Publishing Record'', Vol. 14, Issue 4, January 1988, p. 231. Retrieved 7 September 2019.</ref>
*'''1985''': ''La Trahison de Marianne'' by [[Bernard Nanga]]
*'''1985''': ''La Trahison de Marianne'' by [[Bernard Nanga]]
*'''1986''': ''Sobreviver em Tarrafal de Santiago'' [poetry] by [[António Jacinto]]
*'''1986''': ''Sobreviver em Tarrafal de Santiago'' [poetry] by [[António Jacinto]]
*'''1987''': ''Villes de Côte d’Ivoire, 1893-1940'' by [[Pierre Kipré]]
*'''1987''': ''Villes de Côte d’Ivoire, 1893–1940'' by [[Pierre Kipré]]
*'''1988''': ''Working Life. Factoris, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand, 1886-1940'' by [[Luli Callinicos]]
*'''1988''': ''Working Life. Factoris, Townships, and Popular Culture on the Rand, 1886-1940'' by [[Luli Callinicos]]
*'''1989''': ''Bones'' by [[Chenjerai Hove]]
*'''1989''': ''Bones'' by [[Chenjerai Hove]]
*'''1990''': ''Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge'' by [[Francis Wilson]] & [[Mamphela Ramphele]]
*'''1990''': ''Uprooting Poverty: The South African Challenge'' by [[Francis Wilson (economist)|Francis Wilson]] & [[Mamphela Ramphele]]
*'''1991''': ''Waiting Laughters'' [poetry] by [[Niyi Osundare]]
*'''1991''': ''Waiting Laughters'' [poetry] by [[Niyi Osundare]]
*'''1992''': ''A comme Algériennes'' by Souad Khodja; ''One Day, Long Ago. More Stories from a Shona Childhood'' by [[Charles Mungoshi]], illustrated by Luke Toronga
*'''1992''': ''A comme Algériennes'' by Souad Khodja; ''One Day, Long Ago. More Stories from a Shona Childhood'' by [[Charles Mungoshi]], illustrated by Luke Toronga
Line 19: Line 21:
*'''1994''': ''A Modern Economic History of Africa. Volume 1: The Nineteenth Century'' (Dakar: [[CODESRIA]], 1993)
*'''1994''': ''A Modern Economic History of Africa. Volume 1: The Nineteenth Century'' (Dakar: [[CODESRIA]], 1993)
*'''1995''': ''Triomf'' by [[Marlene van Niekerk]]
*'''1995''': ''Triomf'' by [[Marlene van Niekerk]]
*'''1996''': ''Destins paralleles'' by [[Kitia Toure]]
*'''1996''': ''Destins parallèles'' by [[Kitia Toure]]
*'''1997''': ''Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A Centenary History, 1876-1976'' by [[A. Adu Boahen]]
*'''1997''': ''Mfantsipim and the Making of Ghana: A Centenary History, 1876-1976'' by [[A. Adu Boahen]]
*'''1998''': ''The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider's View'' by [[Peter Adwok Nyaba]]
*'''1998''': ''The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An Insider's View'' by [[Peter Adwok Nyaba]]
*'''1999''': ''L'interpretation des reves dans la region Senegambienne. Suivi de la clef des songes de la Senegambie de l'Egypte pharaonique et de la tradition islamique'' by [[Djibril Samb]].<ref>''Mots Pluriels'': [http://motspluriels.arts.uwa.edu.au/MP1300sambspeacheng.html acceptance speech]</ref>
*'''1999''': ''L’Interprétation des rêves dans la région sénégambienne. Suivi de la clef des songes de la Sénégambie de l'Egypte pharaonique et de la tradition islamique'' by [[Djibril Samb]].<ref>''Mots Pluriels'': [http://motspluriels.arts.uwa.edu.au/MP1300sambspeacheng.html acceptance speech]</ref>
*'''2000''': ''Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu'' by [[Kimani Njogu]] & [[Rocha Chimera]]
*'''2000''': ''Ufundishaji wa Fasihi: Nadharia na Mbinu'' by [[Kimani Njogu]] & [[Rocha Chimera]]
*'''2001''': ''Odun Ifa/Ifa Festival'' by [[Abosede Emanuel]]
*'''2001''': ''Odun Ifa/Ifa Festival'' by [[Abosede Emanuel]]
Line 36: Line 38:
*'''2007''': ''Strife'' by [[Shimmer Chinodya]]
*'''2007''': ''Strife'' by [[Shimmer Chinodya]]
*'''2008''': ''Beginnings of a Dream'' by [[Zachariah Rapola]]
*'''2008''': ''Beginnings of a Dream'' by [[Zachariah Rapola]]
*'''2009''': ''Lawless and Other Stories'' by [[Sefi Atta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2009/11/01/nigerian-sefi-atta-wins-the-2009-noma-award/ |title=Nigerian Sefi Atta Wins the 2009 Noma Award |work=Books Live |author=Ben |date=1 November 2009 |accessdate=13 February 2014}}</ref>
*'''2009''': ''Lawless and Other Stories'' by [[Sefi Atta]]


== References ==
==See also==

⚫
{{reflist}}
* [[Noma Prize]]
* [[Noma Literary Prize]]
* [[Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml Noma Award Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20121230180155/http://www.nomaaward.org/index.shtml Noma Award Site]

== References ==
⚫
{{reflist|30em}}

⚫
{{Japanese literary awards}}


[[Category:African literary awards]]
[[Category:African literary awards]]<!--scope of award-->
[[Category:Japanese literary awards]]
[[Category:Japanese literary awards]]<!--home of award-->
[[Category:Awards established in 1979]]
[[Category:Awards established in 1979]]
[[Category:Fiction awards]]
[[Category:Fiction awards]]
Line 51: Line 61:
[[Category:Children's literary awards]]
[[Category:Children's literary awards]]
[[Category:Noma Prize]]
[[Category:Noma Prize]]

⚫
{{Japanese literary awards}}
{{Africa-lit-stub}}

[[de:Noma-Preis für afrikanische Literatur]]
[[fr:Prix Noma de publication en Afrique]]
[[ja:野間のまアフリカ出版しゅっぱん賞しょう]]
[[no:Noma Award for Publishing in Africa]]
[[sv:Noma Award for Publishing in Africa]]

Revision as of 22:24, 19 December 2023

The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa (French:Le Prix Noma de Publication en Afrique), which ran from 1980 to 2009, was an annual $10,000 prize for outstanding African writers and scholars who published in Africa. Within four years of its establishment, the prize "had become the major book award in Africa".[1] It was one of the series of Noma Prizes.

The prize was established in 1979 by Shoichi Noma (died 1984), president of Kodansha Ltd, the largest publishing house in Japan, to encourage the publication of works by African authors.[2] The award was annual and given to any new book published in three categories: literature, juvenile and scholarly. The award was sponsored by Kodansha Ltd, administered by the quarterly African Book Publishing Record,[3] and presented under the auspices of UNESCO. Books were admissible in any of the languages of Africa, whether local or European. The award was ended in 2009 after the Noma family ceased its sponsorship.[4]

Winners

See also

References

  1. ^ Meena Khorana, ed. (1998). "Award-winning Children's Books: The Noma Selections, 1980–1994". Critical Perspectives on Postcolonial African Children's and Young Adult Literature. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 27–44. ISBN 978-0-313-29864-6. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  2. ^ Oyekan Owomoyela, ed. (2008). The Columbia Guide to West African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-231-12686-1. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  3. ^ Philip Altbach, ed. (1996). International Book Publishing: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 370. ISBN 978-1-884964-16-9. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  4. ^ "The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa". Noma Award. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
  5. ^ "A Profile of Ravan Press: 1984 Noma Award Winner", The African Book Publishing Record, Vol. 14, Issue 4, January 1988, p. 231. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. ^ Mots Pluriels: acceptance speech
  7. ^ Ben (1 November 2009). "Nigerian Sefi Atta Wins the 2009 Noma Award". Books Live. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Noma_Award_for_Publishing_in_Africa&oldid=1190795621"