Maurice Bandaman
Maurice Bandaman (born April 19, 1962) is an Ivorian writer, novelist, playwright and politician. • Illustration — Maurice Bandaman Au Salon du livre de Paris 2015.
Maurice Bandaman
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- 1962 · Ivory Coast.
- Nationality
- Ivory Coast
- Occupation
- writer · politician · playwright
- Education
- École normale supérieure
- Honours
- Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire · Bernard Dadié National Grand Prize for Literature
- Languages
- French
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Maurice Bandaman studied at École normale supérieure. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include ambassador of Ivory Coast and Minister of Culture and the Francophonie. Distinctions recorded are Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire and Bernard Dadié National Grand Prize for Literature.
He was born in Toumodi, Ivory Coast. He was awarded the "Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire" in 1993. From 2000 to 2004, he was President of the Writers' Association of Côte d'Ivoire (AECI). In May 2011, Maurice Bandaman became part of the Guillaume Soro government as Minister of Culture and Francophone. On 13 March 2012, he was renewed for the same position in the government of Jeannot Kouadio-Ahoussou. His work is subject to a global study by Pierre N'Da: Écriture romanesque de Maurice Bandaman, ou La quête d'une esthétique africaine moderne.
Novels
Novels
• Une femme pour une médaille, recueil de nouvelles • MêMe au Paradis, on pleure quelquefois (2000) • La bible Et le fusil • Le fils de La femme−mâle • L'amour est toujours ailleurs • CôTe d'Ivoire: chronique d'une guerre annoncée
Theater
Theater
• La Terre qui pleure (finalist of RFI’S contest In 1998) • Au nom de La terre
Poetry
Poetry
• Nouvelles chansons d'amour
Children book
Children book
• Sikagnima, La fille aux larmes d'or
Maurice Bandaman at Paris Book Fair, 23 March 2015, Paris expo Porte de Versailles.
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Maurice Bandaman at Paris Book Fair, 23 March 2015, Paris expo Porte de Versailles.
ActuaLitté · Maurice Bandaman, Vincent Montagne
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