Patrice Nganang
He authored the poetry collections elobi (1995) and Apologie du Vandale (2006). He earned a Master's degree from the University of Yaounde in 1992. He was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and was educated in Cameroon and Germany.
Also recorded as Alain Patrice Nganang
Patrice Nganang
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- Name
- Alain Patrice Nganang
- Born
- 1970
- Birthplace
- Yaoundé, Cameroon
- Occupation
- Writer, poet and teacher
- Education
- University of Yaounde; Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
- Awards
- Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire
- Nationality
- Cameroon · United States
- Honours
- Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire
- Languages
- French · English
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He authored the poetry collections elobi (1995) and Apologie du Vandale (2006). He earned a Master's degree from the University of Yaounde in 1992. He was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and was educated in Cameroon and Germany.
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Biography
Biography
He was awarded a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University. During 2006–2007, he was the Randolph Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of German Studies at Vassar College. He was an instructor at the Shippensburg University until 2007, and is now a Professor of Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University. The African Literature Association shortlisted him for the Fonlon-Nichols Award for Extraordinary Achievements in Scholarships and literature in 2003. He is the head of Department of Africana studies at Stony Brook University, US. 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.
Patrice Nganang studied at Goethe University Frankfurt and Vassar College. The recorded working language is French and English. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City and Berlin. Employment is recorded with Princeton University, Vassar College and Stony Brook University. Distinctions recorded are Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire.
Patrice Nganang, alors invité de l'émission radiophonique Cosmopolitaine, animée en direct du Salon du livre de Paris.
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• Name — Alain Patrice Nganang • Born — 1970 • Birthplace — Yaoundé, Cameroon • Occupation — Writer, poet and teacher • Education — University of Yaounde; Johann Wolfgang Goethe University • Notable Work — Temps de chien (1999) • Awards — Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire • Employer — Stony Brook University
Disappearance and arrest
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
Release and deportation
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.
Essays
Essays
• Le principe dissident, 2005 • Manifeste d'une nouvelle littérature africaine, 2007 • L'Afrique répond à Sarkozy - Contre le discours de Dakar, ouvrage collectif, 2008
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Identity
Patrice Nganang is recorded as having received Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire.
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1970
Patrice Nganang born at Yaoundé.
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His recorded languages were French and English. He was employed by Princeton University, Vassar College, Stony Brook University and Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. He worked at New York City and Berlin.
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