Kouam Tawa
Kouam Tawa is a Cameroonian playwright, poet and critic.
Kouam Tawa
- Born
- 1974 · Bafoussam.
- Nationality
- Cameroon
- Occupation
- writer · playwright · poet · theatre director
- Languages
- French
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Kouam Tawa is a Cameroonian playwright, poet and critic.
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Kouam Tawa (born 1974) is a playwright, poet and theatre director, among other activities and a national of Cameroon. The playwright was born in Bafoussam. Languages used include French.
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Childhood and education
Childhood and education
Kouam Tawa was born on the 31 of May 1974 in Bafoussam in the West region of Cameroon.
Career
Career
Resident "in the village" in the West region of Cameroon, he engages in literature, theater, and writing and dramaturgy workshops. This leads him to travel to several countries in the Francophone world. He has received several writing grants and is the author of about fifteen plays presented as readings, in space, or performed in Africa, Europe, North America, and Japan. Three children's books are among his latest publications: Mon garçon, ma fille, Pourquoi m'appelle-t-on parapluie? and L'homme à l'oiseau. He directs "La compagnie Feugham", a professional theater troupe based in Bafoussam, Cameroon. The company is also a space for writing, exhibition and rehearsals.
Poems
Poems
• Matin de fête, collection Tango, Éditions Donner à Voir, 2017. • Le bruit des fleuves, Éditions Tertium, 2017. • Je verbe, Éditions Clé, 2017. • Chemin faisant, Éditions Unicité, 2017. • Danse, Petite lune, album jeunesse, Éditions Rue du Monde, illustration Fred Sochard, 2017. • Elle(s) (poèmes), Éditions Lanskine, 2016. • Haut les vents! (poème), Christophe Chomant Éditeur, 2016. • Colliers de perles (poèmes), Éditions Al Dante/Le Triangle, 2015. • Rien ne demeure et autres poèmes, in Poésie d'Afrique Francophone, L'Étrangère, 2013. • La longue marche (poèmes), in African Renaissances Africaines, Écrire 50 ans d'indépendance, Silvana Editoriale-Bozarbooks, 2010. • Sais-tu où va le soleil? (poèmes), avec des tableaux de Marion Lesage, Éditions de La Martinière, 2008. • Moisson d'amour (poèmes pour la jeunesse), Agence Intergouvernementale de la Francophonie, 1998.
Connected articles
Connected articles
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Awards
• First prize ACCT for African youth literature. • Poetry prize from the readers of Lire et faire Lire. • Winner of writing grants from the Beaumarchais Association, the National Book Center, the En quête d'auteurs AFAA-Beaumarchais program, the Directorate of Music, Dance, Theater and Shows, the Visa for creation program from CulturesFrance and Artcena.
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- 1.scène, Les Francophonies-Des écritures à la. TAWA Kouam. Les Francophonies - Des écritures à la scène.
- 2.Peter Lang. ANNE SURGERS Logis, portes et fenêtres: le jeu des lieux de mémoire dans le décor du théâtre baroque, une 'caresse pour l'âme et le corps' 31. La Ville en scène en France et en Europe (1552-1709).
- 3.Kouam Tawa. www.ricochet-jeunes.org.
- 4.scène, Les Francophonies-Des écritures à la. TAWA Kouam. Les Francophonies - Des écritures à la scène.
- 5.Kouam Tawa. Le Printemps des Poètes.
- 6.Ateliers théâtre 2021-2022. Département ARTS.
- 7.Kouam Tawa. www.lumieredaout.net.
- 8.Kouam Tawa Les mots sont des tam-tams. Africa Vivre.
- 9.Kouam Tawa ARTCENA. www.artcena.fr.
- 10.Matin de fête - Tawa Kouam.
- 11.Le bruit des fleuves de Kouam Tawa. Tertium Editions.
- 12.Je verbe - Livre de Kouam Tawa. booknode.com.
- 13.Chemin faisant - Kouam Tawa.
- 14.Montréal, Touki. Danse Petite Lune! de Kouam Tawa et Fred Sochard. Touki Montréal. 2017-05-20.
- 15.Editions Lanskine - Librairie Gallimard - TOUT LE FONDS GALLIMARD DISPONIBLE Paris. Librairie Gallimard.
- 16.Kouam Tawa, Hauts les vents ! Poème. Christophe Chomant Editeur, Boutique en ligne.
- 17.Colliers de perles : Kouam Tawa - Poésie Cultura. www.cultura.com.
- 18.Poésie africaine : Six poètes d'Afrique francophone. Babelio.
- 19.La Longue Marche PDF. Scribd.
- 20.Sais-tu où va le soleil? par TAWA, KOUAM*LESAGE, MARION.
- 21.web-T. Kouam Tawa. www.follepensee.com. 2013-02-26.
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