Patrice Nganang

Alain Patrice Nganang (born 1970) is an American writer, poet and teacher of Cameroonian origin, a member of the Bamileke people.[1]

Alain Patrice Nganang
Born1970 (age 52–53)
Yaoundé, Cameroon
OccupationWriter, poet and teacher
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohann Wolfgang Goethe University
Notable workTemps de chien (1999)

He was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, and was educated in Cameroon and Germany.[2] He was awarded a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University.[3] During 2006–2007, he was the Randolph Distinguished Visiting Associate Professor of German Studies at Vassar College.[4] He was an instructor at the Shippensburg University until 2007,[5] and is now a Professor of Comparative Literature at Stony Brook University.[6] 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.[7]

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[8]

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.[9]

Bibliography
  • La Promesse des fleurs, 1997 (ISBN 2-7384-4706-6)
  • Temps de chien, 1999 (ISBN 2-84261-419-4); trans. in English, Dog Days, 2006 (ISBN 0-8139-2535-5)
  • La Joie de vivre, 2003 (ISBN 2-84261-439-9)
  • Dernières nouvelles du colonialisme, 2006 (ISBN 2-911412-40-0)
  • L’Invention du beau regard, 2005 (ISBN 2-07-077271-3)
  • Mont Plaisant, 2011 (ISBN 978-2-84876-177-0); trans. in English, Mount Pleasant, 2016 (ISBN 9780374213855)
  • La Saison des prunes, 2013; trans. in English, When the Plums Are Ripe, 2019 (ISBN 9780374288990)
  • Empreintes de Crabe, 2018; trans. in English, A Trail of Crab Tracks, 2022 (ISBN 9780374602987)
  • Mboudjak: Les Aventures du Chien-Philosophe, JC Lattès, (2021)

Essays
  • Le principe dissident, 2005 (ISBN 9956-435-00-7)
  • Manifeste d'une nouvelle littérature africaine, 2007 (ISBN 2-915129-27-4)
  • L'Afrique répond à Sarkozy - Contre le discours de Dakar, ouvrage collectif, 2008 (ISBN 978-2-84876-110-7)

References
  1. Anderson Tepper, "Searching for the Past in Cameroon, Only to Find It Is Still Very Present" (The New York Times, June 2, 2022): "I'm a minority myself in Cameroon, a Bamileke."
  2. King, Adèle (2004). From Africa: New Francophone Stories. University of Nebraska Press. p. 142. ISBN 0-8032-7810-1.
  3. "Interzone EU: Crossroads of Migration". University of Pittsburgh. February 22, 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  4. "Faculty (Lehrende)". Vassar College. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  5. "Patrice Nganang — Curriculum Vitae". Stony Brook. Archived from the original on December 19, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  6. "Patrice Nganang". Stony Brook University. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  7. "Contributors: author Patrice Nganang". Words Without Borders. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
  8. "Daily News Cameroon". Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  9. "Cameroon to deport US-based author Patrice Nganang". BBC News. December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
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