{"id":28705,"date":"2023-03-02T16:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/?p=28705"},"modified":"2023-03-02T17:00:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:00:42","slug":"portugal-writer-ondjaki-receives-vergilio-ferreira-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/portugal-writer-ondjaki-receives-vergilio-ferreira-award","title":{"rendered":"Portugal: Writer Ondjaki receives Verg\u00edlio Ferreira award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>Angolan writer Ondjaki received the Vergi\u0301lio Ferreira prize on Wednesday in Portugal, at a ceremony held at the University of E\u0301vora (UE).<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Established by the EU in 1996, to honor the writer who gives it its name, the Vergi\u0301lio Ferreira Prize is intended to annually award a set of literary works by a Portuguese-speaking author relevant in the fields of fiction and\/or essay.<\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, which was attended by the Ambassador of Angola to Portugal, Carlos Alberto Fonseca, the Rector of the University of E\u0301vora, Hermi\u0301nia Vasconcelos Vilar, highlighted Ondjaki&#8217;s literary career, considering it to be a contribution he made to the evolution and dissemination of culture in Portuguese language.<\/p>\n<p>On his turn, Ondjaki took advantage of the moment to underline his Angolan identity and stress the importance of culture for the development of peoples, as a form of union so that each nation can better disseminate its identity.<\/p>\n<p>Ndalu de Almeida &#8220;Ondjaki&#8221; was born in Luanda in 1977. He has a degree in Sociology from ISCTE, Portugal and a PhD in African Studies. He is a prose writer, poet and also writes for cinema.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the Union of Angolan Writers and has received the Sagrada Esperanc\u0327a (Angola, 2004), Conto-APE (Portugal, 2007), FNLIJ (Brazil, 2010 and 2014), Juvenil (Brazil, 2010), Jose\u0301 Saramago (Portugal, 2013) and Litte\u0301rature-Monde Prize (France, 2016).<\/p>\n<p>It is translated into French, Spanish, Italian, German, English, Serbian and Swedish. Occasionally, he teaches creative writing.<\/p>\n<p>As in previous editions, the award ceremony for the 2023 edition was scheduled for March 1, the date that marks the anniversary of the death of Vergi\u0301lio Ferreira (1916-1996), patron of the award and author of &#8220;Aparic\u0327a\u0303o&#8221; .<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. Angolan writer Ondjaki received the Vergi\u0301lio Ferreira prize on Wednesday in Portugal, at a ceremony held at the University of E\u0301vora (UE). 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