In Koli Jean Bofane

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In Koli Jean Bofane (born October 24, 1954 in Mbandaka in what was then the Belgian Congo ) is a Congolese - Belgian writer.

Life

In Koli Jean Bofane was born on October 24, 1954 in Mbandaka in what was then the Belgian Congo (today: Democratic Republic of the Congo ). After independence in 1960, he and his family fled to Belgium and from then on lived alternately in Europe and Africa. At the age of 20, Bofane began studying communication science in Paris. In 1983 he returned to his country of birth, which has now been renamed Zaire , and settled in Kinshasa . There he worked in the advertising industry and founded the publishing house "Les Publications de l'Exocet" in 1991, which was mainly devoted to comics, political satire and socially critical essays. Due to the dictatorial rule of Joseph Mobutu , he fled again to Belgium in 1993. Bofane now lives in Brussels and sees himself as a European.

Services

His first book, Pourquoi le lion n'est plus le roi des animaux (English: Why the lion is no longer king of the animals ), a dictator satire for children, was published in 1996. It was translated into several languages ​​and won the Prix ​​de la Critique de la Communauté Française de Belgique awarded. In 2000 he published Bibi et les Canards (Eng. Bibi and the ducks) on migration. His first novel for adults, Mathématiques congolaises ( Eng .: Sinusbogen überm Congo ) was published in 2008 and addresses, among other things, the power and corruption of the elites in the Congo. It received good reviews and was awarded the Prix ​​Jean Muno , the Prix ​​littéraire de la Société civile des auteurs multimedial and the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire . In 2014 the novel Congo Inc .: Le testament de Bismarck (German Congo Inc .: Bismarck's Testament) was published, for which Bofane won the Grand prix du roman métis de la Ville de Saint-Denis à la Réunion 2014 and the Prix ​​des cinq continents de la Francophonie 2015. His works have been translated into English, German, Brazilian, Korean and Slovenian.

Works

  • Pourquoi le lion n'est plus le roi des animaux. Gallimard jeunesse, Paris 1996.
    • Übers. Gudrun Honke: Why the lion is no longer the "king of animals". Peter Hammer, Wuppertal 1996
  • Bibi et les Canards. Editions du Carrousel, Paris 2000.
  • Mathematic congolaises. Actes Sud, Arles 2008.
    • Übers. Katja Meintel: Sinus arches over the Congo. Horlemann, Berlin 2013
  • Congo Inc .: Le testament de Bismarck. Actes Sud, Arles 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Actes Sud: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  2. ^ Peter Klaus: Entretien avec Jean Bofane à propos de "Mathématiques congolaises". In: Marc Quaghebeur (Ed.): Violence et Verite dans les litteratures francophones. Peter Lang AG, Brussels 2013. p. 119.
  3. ^ International Literature Festival Berlin: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Horlemann: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  5. ^ Peter Klaus: Entretien avec Jean Bofane à propos de "Mathématiques congolaises". In: Marc Quaghebeur (Ed.): Violence et Verite dans les litteratures francophones. Peter Lang AG, Brussels 2013. p. 119.
  6. ^ Actes Sud: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  7. ^ International Literature Festival Berlin: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  8. ^ Laurence Dumonceau: Le prix Jean Muno pour les "Mathématiques congolaises". In: La Libre. November 21, 2008, accessed November 5, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Antoine Tshitungu: remise du Prix littéraire de la Scam à Jean Bofane. (No longer available online.) In: Chroniques culturelles littéraires et politiques. March 7, 2010, archived from the original on October 15, 2016 ; Retrieved November 5, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / feuillesvolantes.blogs.lalibre.be
  10. ↑ Grand prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire - List of lauréats. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on December 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adelf.info
  11. ↑ Victor de Sepausy: Le Grand Prix du Roman Métis revient au Congolais In Koli Jean Bofane. In: ActuaLitté. November 14, 2014, accessed December 10, 2016 .
  12. ↑ In Koli Jean Bofane, lauréat 2015 du prix des 5 continents de la francophonie. Retrieved December 10, 2016 .
  13. ^ Actes Sud: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  14. ^ Actes Sud: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  15. ↑ Worldcat: Why the lion is no longer king of the beasts. Retrieved December 10, 2016 .
  16. ^ International Literature Festival Berlin: In Koli Jean Bofane. Retrieved November 5, 2016 .
  17. ^ Actes Sud: Mathématiques congolaises. Retrieved December 10, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Meintel in the VdÜ translator database , 2019
  19. ↑ Horlemann: sine arches above the Congo. Retrieved December 10, 2016 .
  20. ^ Actes Sud: Congo Inc. (Babel). Retrieved December 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Bofane, In Koli Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Congolese-Belgian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Mbandaka , Democratic Republic of the Congo