Philo Ikonya

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Philo Ikonya (2012)

Philo Ikonya (* 1959 ) is a Kenyan writer, journalist and human rights activist. She has lived in exile in Oslo since 2009 .

Live and act

Philo Ikonya studied literature at the University of Nairobi and completed her studies with a master's degree.

Ikonya has taught semiotics at Tangaza College of the Catholic University of East Africa and Spanish at the United States International University Africa and has worked as a commentator on political and social issues on radio and television in Kenya. She also wrote articles about the situation in her country in magazines, online magazines and blogs.

She is the Chair of the Kenyan PEN Center .

Because of her political commitment, she was threatened and harassed in Kenya, making it impossible to work there. Since 2009 she has been living as a guest author for the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) in the Norwegian capital, Oslo .

As a writer she is the author of several novels and volumes of poetry. The volume of poetry Aus dem Prison (2010) and the novel Eine nächtlicheführung (2012) have been published in German translation .

Works

  • From prison . Löcker, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85409-565-1 (English: Out of prison love songs . Translated by Helmuth A. Niederle, poetry).
  • Leading the night . Twaweza Communications, Nairobi 2010, ISBN 978-9966-15-100-1 (novel).
  • This bread of peace . Lapwing, Belfast 2010, ISBN 978-1-907276-52-1 (poetry).
  • Kenya, Will You Marry Me? Langaa Research & Publishing, Bamenda (Cameroon) 2011, ISBN 978-9956-579-79-2 (novel).
  • Still Sings the Nightbird . Langaa Research & Publishing, Bamenda (Cameroon) 2013, ISBN 978-9956-790-93-7 .
  • (Ed. With Helmuth A. Niederle): Time to Say: NO! Austrian PEN-Club / Löcker Verlag. Vienna 2013.
  • Splintering silence . Langaa Research & Publishing, Bamenda (Cameroon) 2014, ISBN 978-9956-792-24-5 .
  • Invincible Nubia - adios Lampedusa! Löcker, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85409-746-4 .
  • (Ed. With Helmuth A. Niederle ): Schwarze Orphea / Black Orphea. Significant anger / relevant rage . edition pen vol. 16, Löcker, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85409-717-4 .

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Personal data set Philo Ikonya at the German National Library , accessed on November 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Philo Ikonya: Writer, journalist, human rights activist. ICORN , accessed on March 26, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Philo Ikonya. (No longer available online.) PEN International, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on November 5, 2017 . 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.pen-international.org
personal data
SURNAME Ikonya, Philo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan writer, journalist and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959