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'''Olympe Bhêly-Quénum''' (born 20 September 1928) is a [[Benin]]ese [[writer]], [[journalist]] and magazine editor.
'''Olympe Bhêly-Quenum''' (born 20 September 1928) is a [[Benin]]ese [[writer]], [[journalist]] and magazine editor. He is the nephew of anthropologist [[Maximilien Quenum-Possy-Berry]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Houngnikpo |first1=Mathurin C. |last2=Decalo |first2=Samuel |date=2013 |title=Historical Dictionary of Benin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yGPTsRubWEC&pg=PA303 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page=303 |isbn=978-0810871717 |access-date=28 July 2015}}</ref>


Born in [[Ouidah]], [[Benin]] (formerly Dahomey), Bhêly-Quénum had his primary education in Benin from 1938 to 1944, after which he traveled throughout his native country, [[Nigeria]], his maternal grandmother's country, and [[Ghana]], where he learned English.<ref name=authorwebsite>[http://www.obhelyquenum.com/biographie/authors-biography.html Author's Biography, Olympe Bhely-Quenum website.]</ref> In 1948 he went to France and undertook his secondary studies at the College Littré, in [[Avranches]], [[Normandy]] (Manche).<ref name=authorwebsite /> He worked as a teacher and trained as a diplomat, before turning to journalism. He was Editor-in-Chief and then Director of an African magazine entitled ''La Vie Africaine'' until 1964.<ref name=authorwebsite /> He subsequently joined [[UNESCO]] in Paris.
Born in the city of [[Ouidah]], [[Benin]] (formerly Dahomey), Bhêly-Quenum had his primary education in Benin from 1938 to 1944, after which he traveled throughout his native country, [[Nigeria]], his maternal grandmother's country, and [[Ghana]], where he learned English.<ref name="authorwebsite">{{Cite web|url=http://www.obhelyquenum.com/biographie/authors-biography.html|title=Olympe Bhely Quenum|last=Caillet|first=Robert|website=obhelyquenum.com|access-date=2018-08-09}}</ref> In 1948 he went to France and undertook his secondary studies at the College Littré, in [[Avranches]], [[Normandy]] (Manche).<ref name=authorwebsite /> He worked as a teacher and trained as a diplomat, before turning to journalism. He was Editor-in-Chief and then Director of an African magazine entitled ''La Vie Africaine'' until 1964.<ref name=authorwebsite /> He subsequently joined [[UNESCO]] in Paris.


He is the author of several works of fiction published in French. He won the [[Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire]] for ''Le Chant du lac'' in 1966. His first novel ''Un Piège Sans Fin'' (1960) was translated into English as ''Snares Without End'' (Longman, 1981) and has been called "an un-put-downable tragedy".<ref>[[Stewart Brown]], ''Writers From Africa'', London: Book Trust, 1989, p. 10.</ref>
He is the author of several works of fiction published in French. He won the [[Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire]] for ''Le Chant du lac'' in 1966. His first novel ''Un piège sans fin'' (1960) was translated into English as ''Snares Without End'' (Longman, 1981) and has been called "an un-put-downable tragedy".<ref>[[Stewart Brown]], ''Writers From Africa'', London: Book Trust, 1989, p. 10.</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
* ''Un Piège Sans Fin'' (Stock, 1960; 1978). Translated by Dorothy S. Blair as ''Snares Without End'' (Longman, 1981)
* ''Un piège sans fin'' (Stock, 1960; 1978). Translated by [[Dorothy Blair|Dorothy S. Blair]] as ''Snares Without End'' (Longman, 1981)
* ''Le Chant du lac'' (Editions [[Présence Africaine]])
* ''Le Chant du lac'' (Editions [[Présence Africaine]])
* ''Liaison d'un été et autres récits'' (1968)
* ''Liaison d'un été et autres récits'' (1968)
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* ''Les Francs-Maçons'' (1997)
* ''Les Francs-Maçons'' (1997)
* ''La naissance d’Abikou'' ("Abikou's birth", 1998)
* ''La naissance d’Abikou'' ("Abikou's birth", 1998)
* ''C'était à Tigony'' (2000). ''As She Was Discovering Tigony'', trans. Tomi Adeaga (Michigan State University Press, 2017)


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.obhelyquenum.com/in-english.html?PHPSESSID=f3ffe24863ec13e1bf3796d83f55fe4f Olympe Bhely-Quenum's website]
* [http://www.obhelyquenum.com/in-english.html?PHPSESSID=f3ffe24863ec13e1bf3796d83f55fe4f Olympe Bhely-Quenum's website]
* [http://www.radiofranceinternationale.fr/fichiers/MFI/CultureSociete/987.asp Claude Wauthier, ''Un auteur à découvrir: Olympe Bhely-Quenum entre l’Europe et l’Afrique'', Chronique Livres, Radio France Internationale, 13 August 2003] - review in French
* [http://www.radiofranceinternationale.fr/fichiers/MFI/CultureSociete/987.asp Claude Wauthier, ''Un auteur à découvrir: Olympe Bhely-Quenum entre l’Europe et l’Afrique'', Chronique Livres, Radio France Internationale, 13 August 2003] – review in French


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Latest revision as of 02:36, 10 February 2024

Olympe Bhêly-Quenum (born 20 September 1928) is a Beninese writer, journalist and magazine editor. He is the nephew of anthropologist Maximilien Quenum-Possy-Berry.[1]

Born in the city of Ouidah, Benin (formerly Dahomey), Bhêly-Quenum had his primary education in Benin from 1938 to 1944, after which he traveled throughout his native country, Nigeria, his maternal grandmother's country, and Ghana, where he learned English.[2] In 1948 he went to France and undertook his secondary studies at the College Littré, in Avranches, Normandy (Manche).[2] He worked as a teacher and trained as a diplomat, before turning to journalism. He was Editor-in-Chief and then Director of an African magazine entitled La Vie Africaine until 1964.[2] He subsequently joined UNESCO in Paris.

He is the author of several works of fiction published in French. He won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire for Le Chant du lac in 1966. His first novel Un piège sans fin (1960) was translated into English as Snares Without End (Longman, 1981) and has been called "an un-put-downable tragedy".[3]

Works[edit]

  • Un piège sans fin (Stock, 1960; 1978). Translated by Dorothy S. Blair as Snares Without End (Longman, 1981)
  • Le Chant du lac (Editions Présence Africaine)
  • Liaison d'un été et autres récits (1968)
  • L'initié (1979)
  • Les Mille Haches (1981)
  • Les Francs-Maçons (1997)
  • La naissance d’Abikou ("Abikou's birth", 1998)
  • C'était à Tigony (2000). As She Was Discovering Tigony, trans. Tomi Adeaga (Michigan State University Press, 2017)

Further reading[edit]

  • Willfried Feuser, "Representations of childhood in Olympe Bhely-Quenum's works", Présence Africaine, no. 155, 1er semestre 1997.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Houngnikpo, Mathurin C.; Decalo, Samuel (2013). Historical Dictionary of Benin. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 303. ISBN 978-0810871717. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Caillet, Robert. "Olympe Bhely Quenum". obhelyquenum.com. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ Stewart Brown, Writers From Africa, London: Book Trust, 1989, p. 10.

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