Asilah cultural festival projects creation of Mohamed Zafzaf Arab novel prize
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 8/16/2001

The creation of a Mohamed Zafzaf Prize for the Arab novel was proposed in Asilah Wednesday by secretary general of the Asilah Forum Foundation in tribute to the great Moroccan writer, Zafzaf, who passed away last July.

The proposal was made by the forum secretary general, Mohamed Benaissa, during the colloquy on the Arab novel held part of the twenty-third international cultural festival of Asilah.

Benaissa said the amount of the prize, to be awarded annually, will be set later.

He also proposed the creation of a fund to finance the translation of Arab novels.

The forum also awards an African poetry prize, named after Congolese poet and playwright Felix Tchicaya U Tam'Si who passed away in 1989. This year's Tchicaya U Tam'Si Prize went to Cape Verde Poet Vera Duarte.

The Asilah festival, held Under the aegis of King Mohammed VI, features colloquies, paintings and engravings exhibitions, music shows by artists from Brazil, Hungary, Iraq, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Syria and Tunisia and other cultural activities.

The festival--running till the end of August--is attended by intellectuals, searchers and artists from Algeria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Cape Verde, Chile, China, Congo-Brazzaville, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, and the United States.

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