Huambo - Angolan writer Nituecheni Africano won the Best Novel category of the 2nd edition of the WBR Latin American International Literary Prize, with his work "The Prisoner - the beginning and end of an injustice", ANGOP has learnt.
The results of the competition, with 46 contestants, 25 of whom were finalists, were announced last Sunday by the event's organisers.
The information was confirmed this Monday by the writer Nituecheni Africano, the literary pseudonym of Eugénio Afonso Gaspar, who says he competed in the event, based on popular votes on the organisation's website, with another Angolan.
He said that the awards gala would take place on 14 April in Mexico.
He explained that the book, under the seal of Satchi publication company, with 150 pages, subdivided into 12 chapters, was written in 2015 and published on 8 August 2023 at the headquarters of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in Portugal.
The book covers topics such as influence peddling, abuse of power, the secrets of a defendant and a judge, as well as the wisdom and smartness of a lawyer.
To recall, the 33 years old writer, in 2022 won the Novel Category of the 4th edition of the Great Latin American Literary Contest with the work entitled “The Web immigrant and his nonsenses”, with 63 pages and published by the Association of Young Writers of Angola.
The event, which is based on voting, saw the participation of 192 writers from different countries, including Latin America, who competed in various categories, with Nituecheni being the only representative from the African continent.
Earlier this year, he was appointed ambassador for literature in five African countries by the Brazilian magazine Word-Book Revier, namely Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Sierra Leon and Uganda, with funding that began on 3 April this year.
In October 2023, he was awarded the "Literary Reference" prize in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), an initiative of the Brazilian publisher Publiart.
He is the only Angolan representative to be recognised in the second edition of the event, which is considered to be the second biggest award in the history of the Brazilian literary world, after the "Jabuti Prize".
He is one of three Angolans to be listed among the 50 most outstanding cultural figures on the African continent, according to the French magazine "Le Point".
The Angolan writer was recently at the headquarter of the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP), in Lisbon, Portugal and took the opportunity to launch the crime novel book entitled “O Recluso”, which covers among other things money laundering and abuse of power.
So far he has published four books namely "O Prisioneiro do Amor” (Prisoner of love), with 255 pages, "O Vendedor de Pães Asmos” (The seller of unleavened bread) with 145 pages, "O Imigrante da Web e Suas Tolices” (The Web immigrant and his nonsenses), with 63 pages and “O Recluso” (The Prisoner), with 153 pages.
Born in the central Province of Huambo, on 12 September 1990, the writer Eugénio Afonso Gaspar has a degree in Information Technology and Business Administration from the Technical University of Angola (UTANGA). ALH/MRA/DOJ
