Guy Menga (born Gaston Guy Bikoutamenga in 1935) is a novelist, playwright, and journalist from the
Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
. He directed the African section of
Radio France Internationale in 1990
and later became a minister in the government of
André Milongo from June 1991 to January 1992.
Awards
In 1969 he received the
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire
The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text ...
for his novel ''La Palabre stérile''.
Notes and references
Further reading
* Victor Béry, ''L'enracinement culturel dans l'œuvre de Guy Menga : essai de re-contextualisation'', Publibook, Paris, 2006, 289 p. (revised thesis)
* Jean-Paul Ntsoulamba, ''Oralité et écriture romanesque : étude comparative axée sur trois romans congolais : 1° "La Légende de M'Pfoumou Ma Mazono", by
Jean Malonga Jean Malonga (February 25, 1907 in Kibouende, French Congo – 1985) is credited as one of the earliest of the modern Republic of Congo writers. Prior to Malonga, Congolese literature in Brazzaville consisted of scattered pre-World War II Fre ...
; 2° "La Palabre stérile", by Guy Menga; 3° "Le Pleurer-rire", by
Henri Lopès
Henri Lopes (born 12 September 1937)''International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004'', Europa Publications, p. 339. '', Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, 1993, 389 p. (thesis)
External links
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Republic of the Congo novelists
Republic of the Congo dramatists and playwrights
Republic of the Congo journalists
Government ministers of the Republic of the Congo
Pseudonyms
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire winners
1935 births
Living people
20th-century Republic of the Congo politicians