Belgian-Moroccan writer Rachida Lamrabet wins Ultima Prize for Literature

Belgian-Moroccan writer Rachida Lamrabet won the Ultima rize for Literatire, a Culture Award from the Flemish Community. The award comes with a cash prize of 10,000 euro, Flanders Literature wrote to its website.

«The Ultimas jury report describes Rachida Lamrabet as ‘a talented writer who tells stories that are not told by anyone else. Her eclectic oeuvre introduces a new – and much-needed – voice to Flemish literature. In her complex, multi-layered stories she matches literary erudition with empathy», the same source added.

Rachida Lamrabet, born in 1970, writes novels, short stories, plays and essays. Her work is strongly inspired by migration and identity.

Her recent novel «Tell Somone» tells the story of a Moroccan soldier fighting alongside the French during World War I.