LEONORA MIANO An author from Cameroon writing in French

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Leonora Miano was born in 1973 in Douala. She spent her childhood and adolescence in Cameroon. In 1991 she came to France where she now lives. She studied Anglo-American literature, first at Valenciennes and later at Nanterre. To date (2008), she has published a collection of short stories (2008) and three novels : L'intérieur de la nuit [The Dark Heart of the night] (2005), Contours du jour qui vient (2006) and Tels des astres éteints. (2008). Her work has been well received by critics and she has won several literary awards : the Louis Guilloux Prize 2006; the Montalembert Prize 2006; the René Fallet Prize 2006; the Bernard Palissy Prize 2006, at al. L'intérieur de la nuit was judged by the magazine Lire as the best 'first novel', written in French, for the year 2005 and Contours du jour qui vient was awarded the Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2006.

Leonra Miano official website [Sighted 2 Oct 2008].

Publications

L'intérieur de la nuit. Paris: Plon, 2005. (210p.). ISBN: 2-259-20149-0. Novel.

Contours du jour qui vient. Paris: Plon, 2006. (280p.). ISBN: 2 259 20396 5. Novel.

Tels des astres éteints. Paris: Plon, 2008. (410p.). ISBN: 978-2-259-20628-0. Novel.

Afropean Soul et autres nouvelles. Paris: Flammarion, 2008. (122p.). ISBN: 978-2-0812-0959-6. Short stories.

Editor (jvolet@cyllene.uwa.edu.au)
The University of Western Australia/French
Created: 15 Oct 2005
Modified: 2 Oct 2008
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