Creation of award dedicated to late Mohamed Choukri

The Mohamed Choukri Foundation announced on Friday the creation of an international award dedicated to Moroccan writer late Mohamed Choukri which will be awarded every year to creative writings in Morocco and worldwide.

 

Entitled "Mohamed Choukri International Prize", the award will be granted during the Twiza fest which is held on a regular basis in Tangiers, said president of the Mohamed Choukri Foundation Abdellatif Benyahya who was speaking on the sidelines of the 10th edition of the Twiza fest (Aug. 14-17).

 

A round-table on the writer's life was organized on the sidelines of the Twiza fest with the participation of authors and friends of late Mohamed Choukri.