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Louis Camara (Abdou Karim Camara) is a Senegalese writer known for his short stories and tales.

Biography

Louis Camara, [1] the storyteller of Ifà as he is popularly known, was born in 1950 at the edge of the Senegal River in Saint Louis, [2] located 270 km from Dakar, Senegal. Researcher, novelist, and short story writer, Camara is passionate about Yoruba civilization and culture which remains its main source of inspiration,. [3] He taught at Université Gaston Berger in Saint Louis, Senegal. [4] He has attended numerous festivals and was a guest at the Francophonies en Limousin Festival in Limoges, France. Until 2000, he worked at the Musée du Centre de Recherche et de documentation du Sénégal(CRDS) based in St. Louis. [5] In 1996, he was awarded the Grand Prix du président de la république pour les lettres, the highest literary honor in Senegal for his most famous work Le Choix de l’Ori, “a tale that highlights the architecture, the rhythm, and style of black Africa”, [6] according to Abdou Diouf then President of the Republic of Senegal. A revised and edited version of the novel is published by Amalion [7] in 2015.

Works

  • Le Choix de l’Ori, Editions Amalion, Dakar, 2015, ( ISBN  9782359260373)
  • Au-dessus des dunes, Editions Athena édif, 2014, ( ISBN  9782371320055)
  • Histoire d’Iyewa ou les pièges de l’amour, Xamal Publishing, St. Louis 1998 ( ISBN  9782844020130)
  • Kankan le maléfique, Éditions Hurtubise HMH Quebec ( ISBN  9782894284469)
  • Le tambour d’Orunmila, NEAS, Dakar, 2003, ( ISBN  9782723615525)
  • La tragique histoire d’Aganoribi, Éditions Kalaama Dakar, 2005 ( ISBN  9782915343052)
  • Il pleut sur Saint-Louis, short stories, NEAS Dakar, 2007, ( ISBN  9782723616478)
  • Saint-Louis du Sénégal, Senegal, Editions Print Book, ( ISBN  9782911589379)
  • La forêt aux mille demons (French adaptation of "A Forest of a Thousand Daemons" by Wole Soyinka) EENAS Dakar, 2010 ( ISBN  9780175112883)

Awards

References

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Louis Camara (Abdou Karim Camara) is a Senegalese writer known for his short stories and tales.

Biography

Louis Camara, [1] the storyteller of Ifà as he is popularly known, was born in 1950 at the edge of the Senegal River in Saint Louis, [2] located 270 km from Dakar, Senegal. Researcher, novelist, and short story writer, Camara is passionate about Yoruba civilization and culture which remains its main source of inspiration,. [3] He taught at Université Gaston Berger in Saint Louis, Senegal. [4] He has attended numerous festivals and was a guest at the Francophonies en Limousin Festival in Limoges, France. Until 2000, he worked at the Musée du Centre de Recherche et de documentation du Sénégal(CRDS) based in St. Louis. [5] In 1996, he was awarded the Grand Prix du président de la république pour les lettres, the highest literary honor in Senegal for his most famous work Le Choix de l’Ori, “a tale that highlights the architecture, the rhythm, and style of black Africa”, [6] according to Abdou Diouf then President of the Republic of Senegal. A revised and edited version of the novel is published by Amalion [7] in 2015.

Works

  • Le Choix de l’Ori, Editions Amalion, Dakar, 2015, ( ISBN  9782359260373)
  • Au-dessus des dunes, Editions Athena édif, 2014, ( ISBN  9782371320055)
  • Histoire d’Iyewa ou les pièges de l’amour, Xamal Publishing, St. Louis 1998 ( ISBN  9782844020130)
  • Kankan le maléfique, Éditions Hurtubise HMH Quebec ( ISBN  9782894284469)
  • Le tambour d’Orunmila, NEAS, Dakar, 2003, ( ISBN  9782723615525)
  • La tragique histoire d’Aganoribi, Éditions Kalaama Dakar, 2005 ( ISBN  9782915343052)
  • Il pleut sur Saint-Louis, short stories, NEAS Dakar, 2007, ( ISBN  9782723616478)
  • Saint-Louis du Sénégal, Senegal, Editions Print Book, ( ISBN  9782911589379)
  • La forêt aux mille demons (French adaptation of "A Forest of a Thousand Daemons" by Wole Soyinka) EENAS Dakar, 2010 ( ISBN  9780175112883)

Awards

References


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