Patrice Nganang
Alain Patrice Nganang (* 1970 in Yaoundé , Cameroon ) is a Cameroonian writer and literary scholar .
Life
Nganang studied in his hometown, since 1994 as a DAAD scholarship holder at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and after completing his doctorate at the Free University in Berlin . 1997–1999 he taught in Frankfurt in the German department.
In 1998 Nganang received his doctorate on the subject of interculturality and processing. Research on Soyinka and Brecht with Hans-Thies Lehmann from the Institute for Theater, Film and Media at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He then received a postdoctoral fellowship from the DFG for Berlin.
Nganang has lived in the USA since 2000 and was initially an assistant professor at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania , and since 2007 as a professor at Stony Brook University in New York State .
On December 6, 2017, he tried to leave Cameroon by plane after a month's stay in Cameroon. He never arrived at the destination Harare in Zimbabwe; presumably he was arrested for criticizing the President of Cameroon.
Works (selection)
- Histoire d'un enfant Quatr Z'yeux. 1985.
- Elobi. Poetry book. 1995.
- La promesse des fleurs. 1997, ISBN 2-7384-4706-6 .
- Interculturality and processing. Investigation on Soyinka and Brecht. iudicium, 1998, ISBN 3-89129-611-8 .
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Temps de chien. 1999, ISBN 2-84261-419-4 .
- German: dog times. Hammer, Wuppertal 2003, ISBN 3-87294-940-3 .
- La joie de vivre. 2003, ISBN 2-84261-439-9 .
- L'Invention du beau regard. Gallimard, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-07-077271-3 .
- Dernières nouvelles du colonialisme. 2006, ISBN 2-911412-40-0 .
- Manifeste d'une Nouvelle Litterature Africaine . Hommisphères, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-915129-27-4 .
- Mont Plaisant. Novel. Philippe Rey, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-84876-177-0 .
- The sultan's shadow . Hammer, Wuppertal 2012
Awards
- 1986: Prix CREPLA for Histoire d'un enfant Quatr Z'yeux
- 2001: Prix litteraire Marguerite Yourcenar for Temps de chien
- 2002: Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire for Temps de chien
Web links
- Homepage at Stonybrook University with a detailed curriculum vitae, publications and honors (English)
- Interview with Patrice Nganang: "Africa's independence is no reason to celebrate" Part of the ARD.de special on 50 years of African independence
- Entry on marabout.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Research Frankfurt . The science magazine of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main , 2–3. 2006, p. 8.
- ^ Dominic Johnson: Writer Patrice Nganang: Government critic disappeared . In: The daily newspaper: taz . December 7, 2017, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed December 9, 2017]).
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/national/us-writer-detained-in-cameroon-meets-with-lawyer/2017/12/08/d026a130-dc53-11e7-a241-0848315642d0_story.html?__twitter_impression = true https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2017/12/08/world/africa/ap-af-cameroon-language-tensions.html?_r=0
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nganang, Patrice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nganang, Alain Patrice (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cameroonian writer and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yaoundé |