LEONORA MIANO An author from Cameroon writing in French [Return to French — Page originale en français]

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 (2010), she has published two volumes of short stories and four novels : L'intérieur de la nuit (2005), Contours du jour qui vient (2006), Tels des astres éteints (2008) and Les aubes écarlates (2009). 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. L'intérieur de la nuit was judged by the magazine Lire as the best "first novel", written in French, for the year 2005; Contours du jour qui vient was awarded the Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2006 and La Saison de l'ombre the Prix Fémina 2013.

Leonora Miano official website

[Sighted 21 October 2013].

Publications

L'intérieur de la nuit. Paris: Plon, 2005. (210p.). ISBN: 2-259-20149-0. Novel. Translated into English as "Dark Heart Of The Night". Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2010.

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.

Soulfood équatoriale. Paris: NiL éditions, 2009. (110p.). ISBN: 978-2-84111-380-4. Short stories about food and culture.

Les aubes écarlates « Sankofa cry ». Paris: Plon, 2009. (280p.). ISBN: : 2-259-21067-8. Novel.

Blues pour Elise. Séquences afropéennes. Saison 1. Paris: Plon, 2010. (210p.). ISBN: 978-2-259-21286-1. Novel.

Ces âmes chagrines. Paris: Editions Plon, 2011. (288p.). ISBN: 2-259-21287-5. Novel.

La Saison de l'ombre. Paris: Grasset, 2013. (240p.). ISBN: 9782246801139. Novel.

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Created: 15 October 2005
Modified: 07 November 2013
Archived: 28 November 2013
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