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Patrice Nganang

Patrice Nganang

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    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."
  2. [2]
    King, Adèle (2004). From Africa: New Francophone Stories. University of Nebraska Press. p. 142. ISBN 0-8032-7810-1.
  3. [3]
    "Interzone EU: Crossroads of Migration". University of Pittsburgh. February 22, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Faculty (Lehrende)". Vassar College. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Patrice Nganang — Curriculum Vitae". Stony Brook. Archived from the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Patrice Nganang". Stony Brook University. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Contributors: author Patrice Nganang". Words Without Borders. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  8. [8]
    "Daily News Cameroon". Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Cameroon to deport US-based author Patrice Nganang". BBC News. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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