Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, winner of 2021 Goncourt prize in France for his novel entitled « La Plus Secrète Mémoire des hommes » was in Dakar to promote his book on thursday evening. This was his first visit home since he won the prestigious prize.
This year key prizes have gone to writers from Africa and the diaspora. Damon Galgut, Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Abdulrazak Gurnah and others explain what winning means to them
"As Senegalese, we are happy and very moved that one of our compatriots has won the Goncourt Prize. After all, it is a source of motivation for other writers too. We can say, in a general way, that we are more than proud". Moustapha Sarr, Modern literature student