Tierno Monénembo

Tierno Monénembo (* 1947 in Guinea) is an African chemist and author who lives in France.

Tierno Monénembo fled before Ahmed Sékou Touré's regime in 1969 in Senegal. He then studied in the Ivory Coast. In 1973, he emigrated to France, where he received French citizenship.

Reception

The first novel that has been translated into German by the author, was written in 1993, "Payment in Abidjan ". Here Monénembo focuses on student life in the capital of Ivory Coast at the beginning of the 70s, rather, the exile situation of Guinean students who have broken away from their home country because of the extreme political situation and the bustling metropolis - between locals and migrant workers from Burkina Faso, Nigerian traders and crafts people from Mali - uprooted face.

Honors

Works (selection)

  • Cinema. Roman ( " Cinema "). Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1999, ISBN 3-87294-832-6
  • Le roi de Kahel. Points, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-7578-1461-1
  • Payday in Abidjan. Roman ( "Un pour attiéké Elgass "). Hammer, Wuppertal 1996, ISBN 3-87294-642-0
  • God bless! Gudrun Honke, eds: The moon woman. 23 new stories from francophone sub-Saharan Africa. Übers Sigrid large. Hammer, Wuppertal 1998 ISBN 3872948059 ( first: Paris, 1990; short biography )
  • La tribu of gonzesses. Théâtre. Cauris, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-912525-89-6
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