Calixthe Beyala
Calixthe Beyala is a Cameroonian-French writer who writes in French.
Calixthe Beyala

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- Born
- 1961 · Douala.
- Nationality
- Cameroon · France
- Occupation
- writer · novelist
- Fields
- literature
- Honours
- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française · Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire · Prix Tropiques · Knight of the Legion of Honour · Order of Valour · Prix François-Mauriac
- Languages
- French · Ewondo Populaire
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Calixthe Beyala is a Cameroonian-French writer who writes in French.
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Calixthe Beyala (born 1961) is a novelist and writer, a national of Cameroon and France. The novelist was born in Douala. Activity centred on literature.
Languages used include Ewondo Populaire and French. Honours include Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire and Knight of the Legion of Honour, among others.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
The recorded working language is French and Ewondo Populaire. The field of work recorded is literature. Distinctions recorded are Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire, Prix Tropiques and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
A Cameroonian author and member of the Eton people, Calixthe Beyala was born in Sa'a to Cameroonian parents. Her aunt and grandmother were particularly strong influences on her development, and she grew up listening to her grandmother's stories. Stories from which she drew inspiration and used to motivate her to work hard toward the creation of a meaningful career. Beyala was educated at the École Principale du Camp Mboppi in Douala and went on to study at the Lycée des Rapides à Bangui and the Lycée Polyvalent de Douala. She eventually won a scholarship to study in Paris at 17, where she obtained a baccalaureate.
Career
Career
After a few years in Spain she published her first book, C'est le soleil qui m'a brûlée, at the age of 23 and eventually chose to become a full-time writer.
Works
Works
C'est le soleil qui m'a brûlée 1987 Oxford: Heinemann; Librio, 1997, ISBN 978-2-277-30165-3 Tu t'appelleras Tanga, Stock, 1988, ISBN 978-2-234-02142-6 Seul le Diable le savait, Pré aux Clercs, 1990, ISBN 978-2-7144-2476-1 La négresse rousse (1991); Éd. J'ai lu, 1997, ISBN 978-2-290-04601-2 Le petit prince de Belleville, A. Michel, 1992, ISBN 978-2-226-05934-5 Maman a un amant, Editions J'ai lu, 1993, ISBN 9782290313770—Grand Prize of Literature of Black Africa Assèze l'Africaine, A. Michel, 1994, ISBN 9782226069986 -- François Mauriac Prize of the Académie française Lettre d'une africaine à ses sœurs occidentales, Spengler, 1995 Les Honneurs perdus, A. Michel, 1996, ISBN 978-2-226-08693-8 -- Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française La petite fille du réverbère, Albin Michel, 1998, ISBN 9782226095916—Grand Prize of Unicef Amours sauvages Albin Michel, 1999, ISBN 978-2-226-10818-0; J'ai lu, 2000, ISBN 978-2-290-30902-5 Lettre d'une Afro-française à ses compatriotes, Mango, 2000, ISBN 978-2-84270-232-8 Comment cuisiner son mari à l'africaine, Albin Michel, 2000, ISBN 978-2-226-11676-5 Les arbres en parlent encore…, Librairie générale française, 2004, ISBN 978-2-253-06776-4 Femme nue, femme noire, Albin Michel, 2003, ISBN 978-2-226-13790-6 La plantation, Albin Michel, 2005, ISBN 978-2-226-15835-2 L'homme qui m'offrait le ciel: roman, Albin Michel, 2007, ISBN 978-2-226-17715-5 Le Roman de Pauline: roman, Paris, Albin Michel, 2009 Les Lions indomptables, Paris, Albin Michel, 2010 Le Christ selon l'Afrique, roman, Paris, Albin Michel, 2014
English translations
English translations
Loukoum: the 'little prince' of Belleville, Translator Marjolijn De Jager, Heinemann, 1995, ISBN 978-0-435-90968-0 The sun hath looked upon me, Translator Marjolijn De Jager, Heinemann, 1996, ISBN 978-0-435-90951-2 Your name shall be Tanga, Translator Marjolijn De Jager, Heinemann, 1996, ISBN 978-0-435-90950-5 How to Cook Your Husband the African Way, Translator David Cohen, Psychology News Press, 2016, ISBN 978-0-907-63336-5

Calixthe Beyala, née le 26 octobre 1961 à Douala au Cameroun1, est une romancière franco-camerounaise
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Calixthe Beyala is a french writer
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Life and career
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Life and career
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1961
Calixthe Beyala born at Douala.
2003
[SV-125] Calixthe Beyala (2003) Mujer desnuda, mujer negra (2003) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Awards
1998 - Le Prix comité français de l'UNESCO 1996 – Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie Française 1994 – Prix François Mauriac de l'Académie Française 1994 – Prix tropique 1993 – Grand prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire
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- 1.Jagne, Siga Fatima. Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Routledge. 75–82. 2012. 978-1-136-59397-0.
- 2.DeLancey, Mark Dike. Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon. Scarecrow Press. 69. 2010. 978-0-8108-7399-5.
- 3.Dieudonné, Tahafo Fonguieng. Histoire des Femmes célèbres du Cameroun. Editions Cognito. 77. 2008. 978-9956-412-01-3.
- 4.Prix François Mauriac. Académie française.
- 5.Martinek, Claudia. Calixthe Beyala. The Literary Encyclopedia. 10 January 2005.
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