Olympe Bhely-Quenum
Encyclopedia
Olympe Bhêly-Quénum is a Beninese
writer
and journalist
.
Born in Ouidah
, Benin
, Bhêly-Quénum won the Grand prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire for Le Chant du lac in 1966.
Beninese
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writer
Writer
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and journalist
Journalist
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.
Born in Ouidah
Ouidah
Ouidah , also Whydah or Juda, is a city on the Atlantic coast of Benin.The commune covers an area of 364 square kilometres and as of 2002 had a population of 76,555 people.-History:...
, Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
, Bhêly-Quénum won the Grand prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire for Le Chant du lac in 1966.
Works
- Le Chant du lac
- Liaison d'un été et autres récits (1968)
- Un Piège Sans Fin (1978)
- L'initié (1979)
- Les Mille Haches (1981)
- Les Francs-Maçons (1997)
- La naissance d’Abikou ("Abikou's birth", 1998)