Léonora Miano
Léonora Miano (* 1973 in Douala , Cameroon ) is a Cameroonian writer .
Life
Léonora Miano was born in Douala, on the Cameroon coast, in 1973. In 1991 she moved to France to study American literature in Valenciennes and later in Nanterre .
Léonora Miano's debut work, L'intérieur de la nuit (in German: Inside the Night ), was very well received by Francophone critics. The novel alone was awarded six prizes: the Les lauriers verts de la forêt des livres, Révélation (2005), the Prix Louis Guilloux (2006), the Prix Montalembert du premier roman de femme (2006), the Prix Réné Fallet (2006 ), the Prix Bernard Palissy (2006) and the Prix de l'excellence camerounaise (2007). It was named the best debut work of 2005 by the French magazine Lire.
For her second novel, Contours du jour qui vient (in German: Outlines of the coming day ), she received the Prix Goncourt des lycéens literary prize awarded by students in November 2006 .
In spring 2008 Léonora Miano published five novellas in the book series Etonnants Classique by Groupe Flammarion . They are grouped under the title Afropean Soul et autres nouvelles .
Miano was awarded the Prix Femina in 2013 for the novel La Saison de l'ombre .
Works
- L'intérieur de la nuit. Plon 2005 ISBN 978-2-259-20149-0
- Contours du jour qui vient. Plon 2006 ISBN 978-2-266-17694-1
- Tels des astres éteints. Plon 2008 ISBN 978-2-259-20628-0
- Afropean Soul et autres nouvelles. 2008 ISBN 978-2-08-120959-6
- La Saison de l'ombre . Ed. Grasset 2013 ISBN 978-2-24680113-9
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Le Prix du rêve. Pièce de théâtre. L'Arche Editeur, Paris
- German: The price of the dream. Narrative. Übers. Sonja Finck , in The present state of things. Contemporary literature from France. The hear , 267. Red. Jérôme Ferrari , Cornelia Ruhe. Wallstein Verlag , Göttingen 2017 ISBN 3835331213 pp. 74–85
Web links
- Interview with Léonora Miano at LiteraturNachrichten
- Portrait at Diplomatie.gouv.fr
- Short biography, various productions at Arche éditeur, Paris
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Weblinks, Mianos Site
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miano, Léonora |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Douala |