Leonora Miano ( Fr. Léonora Miano , 1973 , Douala ) - Cameroonian writer, writes in French.
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| Awards | Femin Award ( 2013 ) Goncourt Prize for Lyceum Students ( 2006 ) [d] ( 2011 ) [d] [d] ( 2013 ) |
Biography
In 1991 she moved to France, studied American literature in Valenciennes and Nanterre . In 2012 - visiting professor at the University of Michigan ( Ann Arbor ).
Artwork
- At the heart of the night / L'Intérieur de la nuit , Plon, 2005 (reprint 2006, Montalambert award for a woman’s debut novel ; Grinzane Cavour Prize to the young author of 2008 ; the novel is included by the French magazine Lire among the best books of the year; translated into English ., Italian, Swedish.)
- Features of the Coming Day / Contours du jour qui vient , Plon, 2006 (novel, reprint. 2008, Goncourt Prize for Lyceum Students)
- Tels des astres éteints , Plon, 2008
- Afropean soul et autres nouvelles , Flammarion, 2008 (short stories)
- Soulfood équatoriale , Robert Laffont, 2009
- Scarlet Dawns / Les Aubes écarlates , Plon, 2009 (the final part of the trilogy, which began with the novel In the middle of the night and continued with the novel Features of the Coming Day )
- Blues pour Elise , Plon, 2010 (novel)
- These Clouded Souls / Ces âmes chagrines , Plon, 2011 (novel)
- Écrits pour la parole , L'Arche éditeur, 2012 (plays, Seligmann spouse award for opposing racism )
- Living on the Border / Habiter la frontière , L'Arche éditeur, 2012 (oral presentations)
- Shadow Season / La saison de l'ombre , 2013 (novel, Femin Award )
Recognition
Prizes of Louis Guilloux ( 2006 ) and Bernard Palissy (2006) for the novel At the heart of the night , The Big Literary Award of Black Africa for the books of the Blues for Eliza and These Darkened Souls ( 2011 ) and other books of the writer are translated into English, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish and other languages.
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 13252712X // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .