Barthélémy Kotchy or Barthélémy Kotchy-N'Guessan (
Grand-Bassam
Grand-Bassam () is a town in southeastern Ivory Coast, lying east of Abidjan. It is a sub-prefecture of and the seat of Grand-Bassam Department; it is also a commune. During the late 19th century, Grand-Bassam was briefly the French colonial ...
, 1934 – 19 January 2019) was an
Ivorian writer and politician.
He was one of the founders of the
Ivorian Popular Front
The Ivorian Popular Front (; abbr. FPI) is a centre-left, democratic socialist and social democratic political party in Ivory Coast.
History
FPI was founded in exile in 1982 by history professor Laurent Gbagbo, Aboudramane Sangaré, and oth ...
and he was the president of
Académie des sciences, des arts, des cultures d'Afrique et des diasporas africaines from 2008. He died in
Abidjan
Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...
on 19 January 2019, aged 84.
Works
* 1982 : ''Olifant noir ; suivi de, Chansons africaines''
* 1984 : ''La critique sociale dans l'œuvre théâtrale de Bernard Dadié''
* 1984 : ''Propos sur la littérature négro-africaine'', with
Christophe I-Dailly
* 1989 : ''Une lecture africaine de Léon Gontran Damas''
* 1993 : ''Aimé Césaire, l'homme et l'œuvre'', with
* 2001 : ''La correspondance des arts dans la poésie de Senghor : essai''
References
1934 births
2019 deaths
Ivorian Popular Front politicians
Ivorian writers
People from Grand-Bassam
Ivorian male writers
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