Josué Guébo
Josué Guébo in Abidjan, Cocody, July 18, 2016
Born Josué Yoroba Guébo(1972-07-21 ) July 21, 1972Abidjan , Côte d'Ivoire Notable awards
Josué Yoroba Guébo , or Josué Guébo (born July 21, 1972), is an Ivorian academic and man of letters . A major figure of African contemporary poetry, he is also a short story writer, playwright , essayist and author of children's literature. 6th President of the Ivoirian Writers' Association (AECI), he is the recipient of the Bernard Dadié Grand Prize and the U Tam'si Prize .
A philosopher, he is the founder and Chairman of the Ivoirian Society of Transhumanism (SIVOT).
Biography
Josué Yoroba Guébo was born on July 21, 1972, in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. He started writing poetry while still young. He wrote his first poem when he was twelve or thirteen years old. His interest for literature led him to read the works of Aimé Césaire or those of Paul Verlaine . He was also influenced by the great African writers he discovered during his school and university course.
Holder of a PhD in History and Philosophy of Sciences, Josué Guébo is also teacher-researcher.
Bibliography
Poetry
2009: L'or n'a jamais été un métal (Vallesse, Abidjan);
2010: D'un mâle quelconque (Apopsix , Paris) ;
2011: Carnet de doute (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Dakar);
2011: Mon pays, ce soir (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Dakar);
2014: Songe à Lampedusa (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris);
2015: L’Enfant qui disparaît est une lettre d’alphabet (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris) ;
2015: Dapidahoun, chantiers d'espérances (Les Editions du Net);
2016: My country, tonight (Action Books), translated by Todd Fredson;
2016: Aux chemins de Babo Naki (l'Harmattan, Paris);
2017: Think of Lampedusa (ImprintUniversity of Nebraska Press), Introduction by John Keene , translated by Todd Fredson;
Children's Books
2013: Le père Noël aime l'attiéké (Les classiques ivoiriens);
2018: Le père Noël danse le Ziglibity (Eburnie édition);
2018: Pourquoi l'homme, le chien et le chat parlent des langues différentes (Eburnie édition);
2018: Destins de clandestins (Vallesse édition).
Essays
2015: Une histoire de l'objectivité : L’objectivité dans les sciences, de Parménide à l’intelligence artificielle (Presses Académiques Francophones);
2016: Les Sommeils des indépendances, Chroniques pour une Afrique intégrée (Harmattan Côte-d'Ivoire);
2016: Dictionnaire des mots et expressions du français ivoirien (l'Harmattan, Paris);
2018: Chroniques africaines et aphorismes (Dhart, Québec).
Theatre
2016: Le blues des oranges (Les Editions du Net).
Collective Works
2007: La paix par l'écriture (Vallesse, Abidjan);
2010: Des paroles de Côte d'Ivoire pour Haïti, notre devoir de solidarité (Ceda/Nei);
2013: Monsieur Mandela (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris);
2015: Ce soir quand tu verras Patrice (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris);
2017: Africa Study Bible, NLT (Tyndale house, Carol Stream, Illinois);
2019: Dadié, l'homme de tous les continents. Cent écrivains du monde rendent hommage au centenaire vivant (Édtitions Eburnie, Abidjan).
Awards
Literary awards
Other distinctions
2012 : Knight of the Ivorian Cultural Merit
External links
Google books : [1] ; [2]
Prologue of Marc Laurent Turpin
Interview Reseau Ivoire Archived August 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Article Avenue 225 Archived August 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Todd Fredson, « Think of Lampedusa, Translated from French », Boston Revue, October 6, 2016
John Venegas , « My country, tonight », Angel city revue, Los Angeles, May 9, 2017
Dexter L. Booth, « A Review of My country, tonight, Waxwing, Issue XIII, Fall 23017
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, « Josué Guébo. My Country, Tonight », The Kenyon Review, april 2017
Todd Fredson « The Most Dangerous Crossing : Reconstituting Nationality in Josué Guébo’s Songe à Lampedusa, blackbird online journal, Fall 2016 Vol. 15 No. 2
Todd Fredson, « Josué Guébo: from My country, tonight », The Offendind Adam, review 202
Todd Fredson, « Til Death Do Us Part: Approaching Josué Guébo’s My country, tonight », Matter, Issue Fourteen, November 2015
Virginia Konchan, The Order Is Bullet
Arturo Desimone, Between the Naked Water and the Flower of the Iroko
International National Other