A WOMAN IS AN INDIAN, by Murièle Camac, in the list of the 2023 Francophone International Poetry Prize.
A WOMAN IS AN INDIAN, by Murièle Camac, in the list of the 2023 Francophone International Poetry Prize.
As part of International Francophonie Day, the FPM is proud to unveil the first selection of its 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘅 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯. This selection was determined by the five members of the permanent jury representing 5 countries.
𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗶 𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 :
• Show of hands, Colette Nys-Mazure, Éditions Ad Solem (Belgium)
• On my return, Élise Turcotte, Éditions du Noroît (Canada, Quebec)
• Camera Lucida, Marie Bélisle, Éditions du Noroît (Canada, Quebec)
• This Homeland of wounds and dreams, Huppert Malanda, Atelier Senghor (Congo)
• Climax, Francis Catalano, Éditions Mains-Free (Canada, Quebec)
• Daïra for the sea, Nassuf Djailani, Éditions Bruno Doucey (France)
• Exercises for joy, Louise Dupré, Éditions du Noroît (Canada, Quebec)
• Holographies, Philippe More, Bush Poets (Canada, Quebec)
• Unbearable border, Tanella Boni, Éditions Bruno Doucey (Ivory Coast)
• L’ongle le varnish, Nicole Brossard (with works by Symon Henry), Éditions du Noroît (Canada, Quebec)
• The revolt of the stones, Nora Atalla, Éditions Écrits des Forges (Canada, Quebec)
• The Round of Clouds, Cécile Oumhani, La tête à l’envers (France)
• The double bill of the murdered woman, Carole David, Les Herbes rouge (Canada, Quebec)
• World, Crowned Knees, Béatrice Bonhomme, Éditions Collodion (France)
• Little poems about my father who died, Georgette LeBlanc, Éditions Perce-Neige (Canada, New Brunswick)
• Traverses, Paul Bélanger, Éditions du Noroît (Canada, Quebec)
• Trêve, Louise Marois, Éditions Triptyque (Canada, Quebec)
• A knife in the head, Claudine Bohi, Editions L’herbe quitrem (France)
• An inn where no one stops, Michel Pleau, Éditions Écrits des Forges (Canada, Quebec)
• A woman is an Indian, Murièle Camac, Éditions Exopotamie (France)
Be on the lookout for the second selection of 10 collections which will be revealed on 𝟭𝟳 𝗮𝘃𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻! Created in 2020, the Prize rewards an exceptional French-speaking poetic work for its formal and thematic quality. The winner will win a scholarship of $5,000 (CAD) which will be paid during the 24th edition of the Montreal Poetry Festival which will take place from May 29 to June 4, 2023.
THE FPM thanks its partners: Consulate General of France in Quebec, Federation of Poetry Houses (MAIPO), Festival Quatre chemins (Haiti), African House of International Poetry (Senegal), House of Amay Poetry and FiEstival (Federation Wallonia-Brussels), House of Poetry - Émile Blémont Foundation and Académie Mallarmé (France)