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French-Gabonese writer and editor (born 1977)

Nadia Origo (born 1977) is a French-Gabonese writer and editor.

The novelist founded the Paris-based publishing house La Doxa Éditions in 2008, with the aim of giving African writers a platform in Europe.

Early life and education

Nadia Origo was born in Mouila, southern Gabon, in 1977. Her birth name was Nadia Busugwu.

She moved to France around 2005, where she studied geography at the University of Montpellier. She then obtained a doctoral degree from Paris-Sorbonne University, settling in Paris thereafter.

Work

Origo is primarily a novelist, as well as an editor. Her novels frequently include autobiographical elements.

She is considered part of the contemporary generation of Gabonese women writers. Like others of her generation, her work is influenced by the writing of Angèle Rawiri.

Her first novel, Le voyage d'Aurore, was published in 2007. It was followed by several other novels, including J'ai résolu de...., Le bal des débutants, and La valse des initiés. She also produced a book of poetry, Sanglotites équatoriales, in 2014.

In 2012, her short story "Le long courrier d'une amie" was featured in Les lyres de l'Ogooué, a collection of work by Gabonese women writers, alongside Edna Merey-Apinda, Charline Effah, and others.

Origo founded the publishing house La Doxa Éditions in Paris in 2008, with the aim of giving social justice-focused African writers a venue to publish their work in Europe. She subsequently founded Reflets Magazine in 2010. The two efforts are now housed under a parent company run by Origo, called OrigraphCom.

In 2019, Origo published a book on her experience as a Christian entrepreneur, titled Entreprendre c'est faire la guerre. Her first novel, Le voyage d'Aurore, was translated into English by Aquene Kimmel and published under the title Aurore's Journey in 2020.

Selected works

  • Le voyage d'Aurore (2007)
  • J'ai résolu de.... (2008)
  • Le bal des débutants (2012
  • La valse des initiés (2014)
  • Sanglotites équatoriales (2014)
  • Entreprendre c'est faire la guerre (2019)

References

  1. ^ "Nadia Origo". The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  2. "Nadia Origo". The University of Western Australia (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. ^ "J'ai résolu de.... : roman". MuKanda (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  4. ^ "Nadia Origo" (PDF). Propos d'Ecrivains (in French). 2008-08-27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-11-13.
  5. "Nadia Origo: Gabegie et Indigestion Collaterable". La plume et les mots du Gabon (in French). 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  6. ^ D, Herel (2019-11-03). "Nadia Origo". On Dit Quoi Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  7. ^ Toman, Cheryl (2016). Women writers of Gabon : literature and herstory. Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 978-1-4985-3720-9. OCLC 953630892.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ "African Studies". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  9. ^ Cana, Franck (2015-05-26). "Dans " La valse des initiés ", Nadia Origo tend la main à ceux qui s'égarent dans le mal". Mito | Revista Cultural (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  10. ^ Gray, Richard J., 1971- (9 September 2014). Francophone African poetry and drama : a cultural history since the 1960s. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-0-7864-7558-2. OCLC 879584246.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. Rawiri, Ntyugwetondo; Hanaburgh, Sara (2014). The fury and cries of women. Charlottesville. ISBN 978-0-8139-3602-4. OCLC 864505248.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  12. "Collectif Les lyres de l'Ogooué". The University of Western Australia (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  13. "Nadia Origo, l'éditrice à la plume de serial entrepreneure". OtitiWinners (in French). 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  14. Ferreira-Meyers, Karen (2021). "Aurore's Journey by Nadia Origo (review)". Women in French Studies. 29 (1): 197–198. doi:10.1353/wfs.2021.0028. ISSN 2166-5486. S2CID 240407992.
  15. Jayasuriya, Shihan de Silva; Pereira, Mariana Pinto Leitão; Hansen, Gregory (2022-05-10). Sustaining Support for Intangible Cultural Heritage. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5275-8135-7.
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