{"id":74666,"date":"2026-05-25T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/?p=74666"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T14:20:10","slug":"tessa-mcwatt-prix-ocm-bocas-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/tessa-mcwatt-prix-ocm-bocas-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tessa McWatt: premi\u00e8re Guyanaise \u00e0 remporter le Prix OCM Bocas 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"74666\" class=\"elementor elementor-74666\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ca7ca1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ca7ca1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbdd002\" data-id=\"cbdd002\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc94849 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc94849\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-61571e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"61571e6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6262e0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6262e0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cca29fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cca29fd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee72354 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee72354\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c59d6fe\" data-id=\"c59d6fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-661ebea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"661ebea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lors de l\u2019\u00e9dition 2026 du <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bocaslitfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bocas Lit Fest<\/a>, dans l\u2019Old Fire Station \u00e0 Port of Spain, Trinit\u00e9-et-Tobago, Margaret Busby, pr\u00e9sidente du jury, prononce le nom de Tessa McWatt. La salle applaudit. Ce moment est historique : pour la premi\u00e8re fois en seize ann\u00e9es d\u2019existence du Prix OCM Bocas pour la litt\u00e9rature carib\u00e9enne, une autrice n\u00e9e au Guyana remporte le grand prix.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82cd8f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82cd8f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0bfdc38\" data-id=\"0bfdc38\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d292fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d292fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Un livre prim\u00e9 au-del\u00e0 de la r\u00e9compense<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-da8459c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da8459c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-45b856b\" data-id=\"45b856b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-289b094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"289b094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le livre prim\u00e9 est: \u201cThe Snag: A Mother, a Forest, and Wild Grief\u201d. Un m\u00e9moire. Random House Canada et Scribe, au Royaume-Uni, le publient. Les juges l\u2019ont d\u00e9crit comme \u00ab un travail d\u2019une rare brillance \u00bb. Le prix s\u2019accompagne d\u2019une dotation de 10 000 dollars am\u00e9ricains, financ\u00e9e par One Caribbean Media Limited. Mais l\u2019argent n\u2019est pas l\u2019essentiel. Ce qui compte, c\u2019est ce que cette reconnaissance signifie pour le Guyana \u00a0 un pays carib\u00e9en continental dont la litt\u00e9rature reste trop peu lue en dehors de ses fronti\u00e8res.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f74bbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f74bbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tessa McWatt est n\u00e9e \u00e0 Georgetown, au Guyana. Tessa McWatt a quitt\u00e9 le pays jeune pour le Canada, puis s\u2019est \u00e9tablie au Royaume-Uni, o\u00f9 elle enseigne l\u2019\u00e9criture cr\u00e9ative \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019East Anglia. Tessa McWatt a publi\u00e9 onze livres : romans, textes pour la jeunesse, essais et ouvrages de non-fiction. Tessa McWatt est aussi librettiste, autrice de livrets d\u2019op\u00e9ra, et membre de la Royal Society of Literature.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c582330 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c582330\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-270d0bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"270d0bc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-94d2535\" data-id=\"94d2535\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0399d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0399d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491449499_18082829572727192_8383161468960484476_n-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74679\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491449499_18082829572727192_8383161468960484476_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, 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elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aae260c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aae260c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-1024x682.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74699\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-300x200.webp 300w, 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wp-image-74691\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-1-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-1-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-1.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-296603a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"296603a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a0e8e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a0e8e4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f16bdfb\" data-id=\"f16bdfb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33604cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33604cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Snag, un m\u00e9moire sur le deuil et le vivant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06205d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06205d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le m\u00e9moire couronn\u00e9 par le Prix OCM Bocas n\u2019est pas un livre facile \u00e0 r\u00e9sumer. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Snag<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 qu\u2019on pourrait traduire par \u00ab l\u2019accroc \u00bb ou \u00ab l\u2019obstacle \u00bb \u00a0 entrelace trois fils. Le r\u00e9cit de la maladie et de la mort de la m\u00e8re de l\u2019autrice. Une m\u00e9ditation sur la for\u00eat et sur ce que les \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes naturels nous apprennent du deuil. Et une r\u00e9flexion sur la grande d\u00e9stabilisation contemporaine : climat, perte de biodiversit\u00e9, solitude, vieillissement, vies humaines parfois r\u00e9duites \u00e0 des statistiques.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f42e24 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f42e24\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-dffed2c\" data-id=\"dffed2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b48e38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0b48e38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491445137_18082811269727192_2455046885912764769_n-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74671\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491445137_18082811269727192_2455046885912764769_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491445137_18082811269727192_2455046885912764769_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491445137_18082811269727192_2455046885912764769_n-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491445137_18082811269727192_2455046885912764769_n-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491445137_18082811269727192_2455046885912764769_n-1320x1650.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491445137_18082811269727192_2455046885912764769_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a32dcc\" data-id=\"6a32dcc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4276391 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4276391\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491505470_18082811281727192_3339558017130205096_n-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74675\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491505470_18082811281727192_3339558017130205096_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491505470_18082811281727192_3339558017130205096_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491505470_18082811281727192_3339558017130205096_n-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491505470_18082811281727192_3339558017130205096_n-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491505470_18082811281727192_3339558017130205096_n-1320x1650.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/491505470_18082811281727192_3339558017130205096_n.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73744de elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73744de\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f238ec\" data-id=\"8f238ec\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a869a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a869a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Un prix carib\u00e9en en trois cat\u00e9gories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed5c50c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ed5c50c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le Prix OCM Bocas existe depuis 2011. Il est attribu\u00e9 chaque ann\u00e9e \u00e0 un livre publi\u00e9 l\u2019ann\u00e9e pr\u00e9c\u00e9dente par un auteur carib\u00e9en, citoyen ou n\u00e9 dans la Cara\u00efbe. Le prix se d\u00e9cline en trois cat\u00e9gories : po\u00e9sie, fiction et non-fiction litt\u00e9raire. Chaque cat\u00e9gorie a son laur\u00e9at, qui re\u00e7oit 3 000 dollars am\u00e9ricains. Puis un grand gagnant est d\u00e9sign\u00e9 parmi les trois, avec une dotation de 10 000 dollars am\u00e9ricains.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b71956 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b71956\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour l\u2019\u00e9dition 2026, les deux autres laur\u00e9ats cat\u00e9goriels \u00e9taient Justin Haynes, pour le roman Ibis, et Canisia Lubrin, pour The World After Rain: Anne\u2019s Poem. Tessa McWatt a d\u2019abord remport\u00e9 la cat\u00e9gorie non-fiction avant d\u2019\u00eatre d\u00e9sign\u00e9e laur\u00e9ate g\u00e9n\u00e9rale. Ce parcours renforce l\u2019importance de The Snag dans une s\u00e9lection o\u00f9 la po\u00e9sie, le roman et la non-fiction portaient chacun une voix forte de la Cara\u00efbe contemporaine.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ad0c78 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ad0c78\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4824ccc\" data-id=\"4824ccc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-610eca9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"610eca9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689629901_18375015313167401_5458440623714262265_n-1024x682.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74683\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689629901_18375015313167401_5458440623714262265_n-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689629901_18375015313167401_5458440623714262265_n-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689629901_18375015313167401_5458440623714262265_n-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689629901_18375015313167401_5458440623714262265_n-1320x879.webp 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/689629901_18375015313167401_5458440623714262265_n.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-40a33fb\" data-id=\"40a33fb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d507e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6d507e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-3-1024x682.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74687\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-3-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-3-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-3-768x511.webp 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/\u2018The-Snag-A-Mother-a-Forest-and-Wild-Grief-by-Tessa-McWatt-was-announced-as-the-winner-of-3.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3af46a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3af46a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c96f382\" data-id=\"c96f382\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40510b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40510b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Le Guyana, territoire continental de la Cara\u00efbe litt\u00e9raire<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-322dff8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"322dff8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"477\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Une singularit\u00e9 de la s\u00e9lection 2026 m\u00e9rite d\u2019\u00eatre nomm\u00e9e. Les trois laur\u00e9ats cat\u00e9goriels \u00e9crivent depuis la diaspora : McWatt depuis le Royaume-Uni, Haynes depuis les \u00c9tats-Unis, Lubrin depuis le Canada. Le Prix OCM Bocas rappelle ainsi que la litt\u00e9rature carib\u00e9enne ne s\u2019arr\u00eate pas aux fronti\u00e8res physiques des territoires. Elle circule avec les familles, les langues, les blessures, les souvenirs et les livres.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf063f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdf063f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour le <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/eric-walrond-guyana-harlem-renaissance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guyana<\/a>, le moment est doublement historique. La m\u00eame c\u00e9r\u00e9monie a aussi r\u00e9compens\u00e9 un autre Guyanais-Canadien : Frank Birbalsingh, \u00e9rudit et critique litt\u00e9raire, laur\u00e9at du Prix Henry Swanzy 2026 pour son service distingu\u00e9 aux lettres carib\u00e9ennes. Deux figures li\u00e9es au Guyana prim\u00e9es dans le m\u00eame cadre : pour un pays de moins d\u2019un million d\u2019habitants, c\u2019est une affirmation publique forte.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cd6789 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9cd6789\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cette singularit\u00e9 guyanaise m\u00e9rite d\u2019\u00eatre pr\u00e9cis\u00e9e. Le Guyana \u00a0 anglophone, situ\u00e9 sur le continent sud-am\u00e9ricain, frontalier du Venezuela, du Br\u00e9sil et du Suriname \u00a0 appartient g\u00e9ographiquement \u00e0 l\u2019Am\u00e9rique du Sud mais culturellement \u00e0 la Cara\u00efbe anglophone. Cette double appartenance produit une litt\u00e9rature qui interroge constamment les cat\u00e9gories. Wilson Harris, David Dabydeen, Pauline Melville, Fred D\u2019Aguiar, Oonya Kempadoo : la liste des grandes voix guyanaises de la diaspora est dense, et la cons\u00e9cration de Tessa McWatt s\u2019inscrit dans cette lign\u00e9e.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-255f420 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"255f420\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ed5df0\" data-id=\"8ed5df0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d7c5a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d7c5a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2197648435-1024x1024-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74703\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2197648435-1024x1024-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2197648435-1024x1024-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2197648435-1024x1024-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7677621\" data-id=\"7677621\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a81f50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a81f50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-1291610526-1024x1024-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74715\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-1291610526-1024x1024-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-1291610526-1024x1024-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-1291610526-1024x1024-1-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d5f798 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d5f798\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-475b37d\" data-id=\"475b37d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef8e95b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef8e95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2192864445-1024x1024-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74711\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2192864445-1024x1024-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2192864445-1024x1024-1-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2192864445-1024x1024-1-768x509.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d327e36\" data-id=\"d327e36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-100bafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"100bafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2201231832-1024x1024-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-74707\" alt=\"Tessa McWatt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2201231832-1024x1024-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2201231832-1024x1024-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/istockphoto-2201231832-1024x1024-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-44aa389 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"44aa389\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-638e8a3\" data-id=\"638e8a3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03cfb1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03cfb1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Une cons\u00e9cration qui ouvre le r\u00e9cit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6167088 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6167088\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Le th\u00e8me 2026 du Bocas Lit Fest \u00e9tait \u00ab All Together Now \u00bb. Dans ce contexte, la victoire de Tessa McWatt prend une r\u00e9sonance particuli\u00e8re. Elle rappelle que la Cara\u00efbe litt\u00e9raire se construit aussi par ses voix dispers\u00e9es, ses trajectoires migrantes et ses m\u00e9moires familiales. Elle rappelle surtout que le Guyana, souvent plac\u00e9 \u00e0 la marge des r\u00e9cits insulaires, \u00e9crit depuis longtemps une part essentielle de l\u2019histoire carib\u00e9enne.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b207efc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b207efc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c0 lire &#8220;The Snag&#8221;, on retrouve une tension majeure de la litt\u00e9rature carib\u00e9enne : faire entrer le monde dans le r\u00e9cit intime, et faire entendre le r\u00e9cit carib\u00e9en dans le monde. Tessa McWatt y parvient sans transformer la douleur en slogan. Sa victoire au Prix OCM Bocas ne ferme donc pas une histoire. Elle ouvre une question : combien d\u2019autres voix guyanaises attendent encore d\u2019\u00eatre lues \u00e0 la hauteur de leur puissance ?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4e6ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d4e6ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\ud83d\udcf8<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snagsforlife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@Tessa McWatt<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5709a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5709a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-957be6f\" data-id=\"957be6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e5d4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"63e5d4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1041\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1041\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Qui est Tessa McWatt ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1041\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1041\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tessa McWatt est une autrice n\u00e9e \u00e0 Georgetown, au Guyana, dont le parcours s\u2019inscrit entre la Cara\u00efbe, le Canada et le Royaume-Uni. Elle est connue pour une \u0153uvre qui m\u00eale m\u00e9moire familiale, identit\u00e9, migrations et rapport au monde vivant. Sa victoire au Prix OCM Bocas 2026 renforce la place du Guyana dans la litt\u00e9rature carib\u00e9enne anglophone et met en lumi\u00e8re une voix importante de la diaspora guyanaise.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1042\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1042\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Pourquoi la victoire de Tessa McWatt au Prix OCM Bocas 2026 est-elle historique ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1042\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1042\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La victoire de Tessa McWatt est historique parce qu\u2019elle fait d\u2019elle la premi\u00e8re autrice n\u00e9e au Guyana \u00e0 remporter le grand prix du Prix OCM Bocas pour la litt\u00e9rature carib\u00e9enne. Cette reconnaissance d\u00e9passe le simple palmar\u00e8s litt\u00e9raire : elle rappelle que le Guyana, bien que situ\u00e9 sur le continent sud-am\u00e9ricain, occupe une place majeure dans l\u2019espace culturel carib\u00e9en anglophone.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1043\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1043\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">De quoi parle le livre The Snag de Tessa McWatt ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1043\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1043\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Snag: A Mother, a Forest, and Wild Grief est un m\u00e9moire qui relie le deuil intime \u00e0 une r\u00e9flexion plus large sur la nature, la for\u00eat et les fragilit\u00e9s contemporaines. Tessa McWatt y \u00e9voque la maladie et la mort de sa m\u00e8re, tout en interrogeant la mani\u00e8re dont les \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes, les pertes familiales et les crises du monde actuel peuvent se r\u00e9pondre dans une m\u00eame exp\u00e9rience humaine.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lors de l\u2019\u00e9dition 2026 du Bocas Lit Fest, dans l\u2019Old Fire Station \u00e0 Port of Spain, Trinit\u00e9-et-Tobago, Margaret Busby, pr\u00e9sidente du jury, prononce le nom de Tessa McWatt. La salle applaudit. Ce moment est historique : pour la premi\u00e8re fois en seize ann\u00e9es d\u2019existence du Prix OCM Bocas pour la litt\u00e9rature carib\u00e9enne, une autrice n\u00e9e [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":74667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1359],"tags":[1653],"class_list":["post-74666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-litterature-fr","tag-guyana-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}