Justine Mintsa
Justine Mintsa (Oyem, 8 September 1949) is a Gabonese writer and member of the Fang people. She is the third child of twelve siblings. She earned her doctorate in English Literature from the University of Rouen in 1977.
Justine Mintsa
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- 1949 · Oyem.
- Nationality
- Gabon
- Occupation
- writer · literary scholar
- Languages
- French
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Justine Mintsa (Oyem, 8 September 1949) is a Gabonese writer and member of the Fang people. She is the third child of twelve siblings. She earned her doctorate in English Literature from the University of Rouen in 1977.
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She is a member of the Haut Conseil de la francophonie. She was the first African woman to publish a novel with Éditions Gallimard, in Paris. She studied at the Omar Bongo University.
• Un seul tournant Makôsu, La Pensée Universelle, 1994; L'Harmattan, 2004. • Premières lectures, 1997 • Histoire d'Awu, Continents noirs, Gallimard, 2000. • Larmes de cendre, 2010
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- 1.Ouga-Ballé Danaï. Mintsa, Justine, [Oyem 1949 ]. Le Dictionnaire universel des créatrices. Béatrice Didier, Antoinette Fouque et Mireille Calle-Gruber (dir.). Éditions des femmes. 2013. 2934.
- 2.Roman gabonais : la vérité d’une femme. 12. avril. 2000. Afrik.
- 3.Introduction. Cheryl Toman. Awu's Story. Justine Mintsa. 1-28.
- 4.Réamorcer la pompe Afrique. Avec “Continents noirs”, Gallimard, après d’autres éditeurs, entend rendre compte, à raison de sept titres par an, de l’effervescence de la littérature africaine. Stéphane Bouquet. Libération. mars. 2000.
- 5.Gallimard parie sur l'Afrique. Émilie Grangeray. Le Monde. 21. janvier. 2000.
- 6.Dépasser la négritude. Une nouvelle génération de romanciers africains. Le Monde. Lilyan Kesteloot. 16. mars. 2006.
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