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Cameroonian writer, poet and teacher (born 1970)
Alain Patrice Nganang (born 1970) is an American writer, poet and teacher of
Cameroonian origin, a member of the
Bamileke people.
[1]
He was born in
Yaoundé,
Cameroon, and was educated in Cameroon and Germany.
[2] He was awarded a Ph.D. in comparative literature at
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.
[3] During 2006–2007, he was the Randolph Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of German Studies at
Vassar College.
[4] He was an instructor at the
Shippensburg University until 2007,
[5] and is now a Professor of Comparative Literature at
Stony Brook University.
[6] His 1999 novel Temps de chien was awarded the Prix Littéraire Marguerite Yourcenar in 2001 and the
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2002.
[7]
Disappearance and arrest
On December 7, 2017, Nganang was reported missing at the
Douala airport where he was to catch a flight on
Kenya Airways to
Harare, Zimbabwe, the day after publishing an article on the site
Jeune Afrique, criticising
Paul Biya's government for its handling of
protests by English-speaking Cameroonians. Nganang was detained for three weeks as he was about to fly out of his country of birth
[8]
Release and deportation
On December 27, 2017, a judge in Cameroon ordered his release. Nganang was deported back to the US, where he also holds dual citizenship.
[9]
Bibliography
- La Promesse des fleurs, 1997 (
ISBN
2-7384-4706-6)
- Temps de chien, 1999 (
ISBN
2-84261-419-4); trans. in English, Dog Days, 2006 (
ISBN
0-8139-2535-5)
- La Joie de vivre, 2003 (
ISBN
2-84261-439-9)
- Dernières nouvelles du colonialisme, 2006 (
ISBN
2-911412-40-0)
- L’Invention du beau regard, 2005 (
ISBN
2-07-077271-3)
- Mont Plaisant, 2011 (
ISBN
978-2-84876-177-0); trans. in English, Mount Pleasant, 2016 (
ISBN
9780374213855)
- La Saison des prunes, 2013; trans. in English, When the Plums Are Ripe, 2019 (
ISBN
9780374288990)
- Empreintes de Crabe, 2018; trans. in English, A Trail of Crab Tracks, 2022 (ISBN 9780374602987)
- Mboudjak: Les Aventures du Chien-Philosophe, JC Lattès, (2021)
Essays
References
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^ Anderson Tepper,
"Searching for the Past in Cameroon, Only to Find It Is Still Very Present" (The New York Times, June 2, 2022): "I'm a minority myself in Cameroon, a Bamileke."
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^ King, Adèle (2004). From Africa: New Francophone Stories. University of Nebraska Press. p. 142.
ISBN
0-8032-7810-1.
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"Interzone EU: Crossroads of Migration". University of Pittsburgh. February 22, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
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"Faculty (Lehrende)". Vassar College. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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"Patrice Nganang — Curriculum Vitae". Stony Brook. Archived from
the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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"Patrice Nganang". Stony Brook University. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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"Contributors: author Patrice Nganang". Words Without Borders. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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"Daily News Cameroon". Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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"Cameroon to deport US-based author Patrice Nganang". BBC News. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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