Slam poet Lisette Ma Neza receives Luc Bucquoye prize 2021

Slam poet Lisette Ma Neza was awarded VUB’s Luc Bucquoye literature prize on Saturday, 7 August. The presentation of the award, worth €5,000, took place at De Grote Post cultural centre in Ostend during the Theater Aan Zee festival.

VUB rector and guest festival curator Caroline Pauwels praised Ma Neze at the ceremony. "You represent the tremendous resilience of a generation that has weathered storms close to home over the past year and a half, but also made itself heard with dignity when there was justifiable cause for concern and outrage on the broader world stage. For that hopeful engagement too, which is an essential foundation of your literature, we bow our heads deeply today. ...