Guillaume Oyônô Mbia (2 March 1939 – 10 April 2021) was a Cameroonian writer. An Anglicist, he also taught at the
University of Yaoundé.
Biography
Mbia was born in 1939 in
Zoétélé
Zoétélé is a town and commune in Cameroon.
See also
*Communes of Cameroon
The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each provi ...
in Cameroon's
South Region Southern Region or South Region may refer to:
* Southern Nigeria
* Southern Region (Boy Scouts of America)
* Southern Region, Bauchi, Nigeria
* South Region, Brazil, an official grouping of states for economic and statistical purposes
* Southern R ...
. He finished secondary school in 1961 and began studying English in the United Kingdom, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1969. Upon his return to Cameroon, he became an assistant in English department of the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences of the University of Yaoundé. He then worked for the Ministry of Information and Culture from 1972 to 1975. In addition to his teaching activities, he was a playwright and a storyteller.
Guillaume Oyônô Mbia died in
Yaoundé on 10 April 2021 at the age of 82.
Prizes
*Prix du concours théâtral africain (1967)
*Prix du concours théâtral interafricain (1969)
*Prix El Hadji Ahmadou Ahidjo (1970)
*
Grand Prix of Literary Associations (2013, 2014)
References
1939 births
2021 deaths
Cameroonian writers
People from South Region (Cameroon)
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