Nigeria Prize for Literature is a Nigerian literary award given annually since 2004 to honor literary erudition by Nigerian authors. The award rotates among four genres; fiction, poetry, drama and children's literature, repeating the cycle every four years. With the total prize value of US$100,000 to individual winner, it is the biggest literary award in Africa and one of the richest literary awards in the world.
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| - Premio Nigeria per la letteratura (it)
- Nigeria Prize for Literature (en)
- Prêmio Nigéria de Literatura (pt)
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| - Nigeria Prize for Literature is a Nigerian literary award given annually since 2004 to honor literary erudition by Nigerian authors. The award rotates among four genres; fiction, poetry, drama and children's literature, repeating the cycle every four years. With the total prize value of US$100,000 to individual winner, it is the biggest literary award in Africa and one of the richest literary awards in the world. (en)
- O Prêmio Nigéria de Literatura é um prêmio literário da Nigéria, concedido anualmente desde 2004 para honrar a erudição literária por autores nigerianos. O prêmio gira entre quatro gêneros; ficção, poesia, drama e literatura infantil, repetindo o ciclo a cada quatro anos. Com o valor total do prêmio de US $ 100.000 para o vencedor individual, é o maior prêmio literário da África e um dos mais ricos prêmios literários do mundo. (pt)
- Il Premio Nigeria per la letteratura (Nigeria Prize for Literature) è un riconoscimento letterario assegnato annualmente ad autori nigeriani. Istituito nel 2004, conferisce annualmente e a rotazione un premio in 4 categorie: prosa, poesia, teatro e letteratura per ragazzi. Non è stato assegnato nel 2004, nel 2009 e nel 2015. (it)
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| - Nigeria Prize for Literature (en)
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| - Nigeria Prize for Literature (en)
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| - Excellence and literary craftsmanship (en)
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| - Nigerian Academy of Science with advisory board constituted from:
:*Nigerian Academy of Letters
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| - "...Unfortunately, the entries this year fall short of this expectation as each book was found to manifest incompetence in the use of language. Many of them showed very little or no evidence of good editing, ...Hence, there will be no winner this year." (en)
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| - –Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo, Chairman, Prize Advisory Board, announcing no winner for 2015 (en)
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