Boubacar Boris Diop Wins Prestigious 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday evening that Boubacar Boris Diop is the 27th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
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- NORMAN, Okla., Oct. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, announced late Tuesday evening that Boubacar Boris Diop is the 27th laureate of the renowned Neustadt International Prize for Literature.
- Awarded in alternating years with the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's and Young Adult Literature, the Neustadt Prize recognizes outstanding literary merit in literature worldwide.
- Writer and translator Jennifer Croft nominated Diop for the Neustadt Prize.
- The Neustadt Prize announcement was made via Zoom as part of the 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest.