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« Redécouvrir l’œuvre de Ken Bugul au prisme de l’approche génétique »

Une journée d’étude dédiée à l’écrivaine sénégalaise Ken Bugul se prépare…

Organisée par l’Institut des textes et manuscrits modernes (CNRS-ENS) et les universités de Guyane et Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, elle se tiendra :

🗓️ Mercredi 21 janvier 2027
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Dans cette perspective, les organisateurs lancent un appel à communication et proposent aux contributeurs d’accéder aux archives de l’écrivaine.

⏳ Envoyez vos propositions au plus tard le 1er septembre 2026 : https://chk.me/kihNS8P

Ken Bugul est le nom de plume de l’écrivaine Marietou Mbaye Biléoma, figure majeure de la littérature africaine francophone et de la littérature mondiale, née en 1947 au Sénégal. Elle est particulièrement connue pour sa trilogie autobiographique : Le Baobab Fou (1982), Cendres et Braises (1994) et Riwan ou le chemin de sable (1999) récompensé par le Grand Prix littéraire d’Afrique noire. Toutefois, son œuvre ne s’arrête pas là : huit autres fictions romanesques, publiées entre 2000 et 2022 ont retenu l’attention de la critique et méritent de plus amples analyses.

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Our university is participating in the new Catalyst GER program which supports research teams that aim to achieve sustainable #societalimpact through a spin-off or other forms of #knowledgetransfer: http://go.tum.de/786235

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Defending his own, he declared that “there was no better preparation for a career in public life than the study of English literature, because it would tell you more about character, relationships, society, joy, sorrow, emotion and intelligence than anything else possibly could.” 🧵 7/

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