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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Calixthe Beyala<br />
| image = Calixthe Beyala.jpg<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|26}}<br />
| occupation = [[Novelist]]<br />
| notable_works = ''[[:fr:Asséze_l'Africaine|Asséze l'Africaine]]'', ''[[:fr:Les_Honneurs_perdus|Les Honneurs perdus]]''<br />
| website = [http://calixthe.beyala.free.fr/ calixthe.beyala.free.fr]<br />
| nationality = [[Cameroon]]ian, [[France|French]]<br />
| awards = [[Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire]] (1994), [[Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française|Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française]] (1998)<br />
}}<br />
'''Calixthe Beyala''' (born 1961) is a [[Cameroon]]ian-French writer who writes in [[French language|French]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
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A Cameroonian author and member of the [[Beti people|Eton people]], Calixthe Beyala was born in [[Sa'a, Cameroon|Sa'a]] to Cameroonian parents.<br />
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Her aunt and grandmother were particularly strong influences on her development, and she grew up listening to her grandmother's stories. Stories from which she drew inspiration and used to motivate her to work hard toward the creation of a meaningful career.<ref name="JagneParekh2012">{{cite book|last1=Jagne|first1=Siga Fatima|author-link=Siga Fatima Jagne|last2=Parekh|first2=Pushpa Naidu|title=Postcolonial African Writers: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3iibMu0Qjs8C&pg=PA75|year=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-59397-0|pages=75–82}}</ref><br />
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Beyala was educated at the École Principale du Camp Mboppi in [[Douala]] and went on to study at the Lycée des Rapides à [[Bangui]] and the Lycée Polyvalent de Douala. <br />
She eventually won a scholarship to study in [[Paris]] at the age of seventeen, where she through a strong academic performance obtained a [[Baccalauréat|baccalaureate]]. <br />
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After a few years in [[Spain]] she published her first book, ''C'est le soleil qui m'a brûlée'', at the age of 23 and eventually chose to become a full-time writer.<ref name="JagneParekh2012" /><ref name="DeLanceyMbuh2010">{{cite book|last1=DeLancey|first1=Mark Dike|last2=Mbuh|first2=Rebecca|last3=Delancey|first3=Mark W.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4l9lSZ9d46cC|year=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7399-5|page=69}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1998 - Le Prix comité français de l'UNESCO<ref>{{Cite book|title=Histoire des Femmes célèbres du Cameroun|last=Dieudonné|first=Tahafo Fonguieng|publisher=Editions Cognito|year=2008|isbn=978-9956-412-01-3|location=Yaounde|pages=77}}</ref><br />
* 1996 – Grand Prix du Roman de l'[[Académie Française]]<br />
* 1994 – Prix François Mauriac de l’Académie Française<br />
* 1994 – Prix tropique<br />
* 1993 – Grand prix littéraire de l’Afrique noire<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Martinek |first=Claudia |url=http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5874 |title=Calixthe Beyala |encyclopedia=The Literary Encyclopedia |date=10 January 2005 |access-date=26 November 2006 |archive-date=26 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026085951/http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5874 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''C'est le soleil qui m'a brûlée'' 1987 Oxford: Heinemann; Librio, 1997, {{ISBN|978-2-277-30165-3}}<br />
* ''Tu t'appelleras Tanga'', Stock, 1988, {{ISBN|978-2-234-02142-6}}<br />
* ''Seul le Diable le savait'', Pré aux Clercs, 1990, {{ISBN|978-2-7144-2476-1}}<br />
* ''La négresse rousse'' (1991); Éd. J'ai lu, 1997, {{ISBN|978-2-290-04601-2}}<br />
* ''Le petit prince de Belleville'', A. Michel, 1992, {{ISBN|978-2-226-05934-5}}<br />
* ''Maman a un amant'', Editions J'ai lu, 1993, {{ISBN|9782290313770}}—Grand Prize of Literature of Black Africa<br />
* ''Assèze l'Africaine'', A. Michel, 1994, {{ISBN|9782226069986}} -- [[François Mauriac]] Prize of the [[Académie française]]<br />
* ''Lettre d'une africaine à ses sœurs occidentales'', Spengler, 1995<br />
* ''Les Honneurs perdus'', A. Michel, 1996, {{ISBN|978-2-226-08693-8}} -- [[Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française]]<br />
* ''La petite fille du réverbère'', Albin Michel, 1998, {{ISBN|9782226095916}}—Grand Prize of [[Unicef]]<br />
* ''Amours sauvages'' Albin Michel, 1999, {{ISBN|978-2-226-10818-0}}; J'ai lu, 2000, {{ISBN|978-2-290-30902-5}}<br />
* ''Lettre d'une Afro-française à ses compatriotes'', Mango, 2000, {{ISBN|978-2-84270-232-8}}<br />
* ''Comment cuisiner son mari à l'africaine'', Albin Michel, 2000, {{ISBN|978-2-226-11676-5}}<br />
* ''Les arbres en parlent encore…'', Librairie générale française, 2004, {{ISBN|978-2-253-06776-4}}<br />
* ''Femme nue, femme noire'', Albin Michel, 2003, {{ISBN|978-2-226-13790-6}}<br />
* ''La plantation'', Albin Michel, 2005, {{ISBN|978-2-226-15835-2}}<br />
* ''L'homme qui m'offrait le ciel: roman'', Albin Michel, 2007, {{ISBN|978-2-226-17715-5}}<br />
* ''Le Roman de Pauline: roman'', Paris, Albin Michel, 2009<br />
* ''Les Lions indomptables'', Paris, Albin Michel, 2010<br />
* ''Le Christ selon l'Afrique, roman'', Paris, Albin Michel, 2014<br />
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===English translations===<br />
*''Loukoum: the 'little prince' of Belleville'', Translator Marjolijn De Jager, Heinemann, 1995, {{ISBN|978-0-435-90968-0}}<br />
*''The sun hath looked upon me'', Translator Marjolijn De Jager, Heinemann, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-435-90951-2}}<br />
*''Your name shall be Tanga'', Translator Marjolijn De Jager, Heinemann, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-435-90950-5}}<br />
*''How to Cook Your Husband the African Way'', Translator David Cohen, Psychology News Press, 2016, {{ISBN|978-0-907-63336-5}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5874 "Calixthe Beyala"], The Literary Encyclopedia<br />
*[http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=article&no=5285 "Calixthe Beyala : writing in the margins"], ''Africultures'', Boniface Mongo-Mboussa<br />
*[https://www.jstor.org/pss/40149073 "Calixthe Beyala, or the Literary Success of a Cameroonian Woman Living in Paris"], Jean-Marie Volet, ''World Literature Today'', Vol. 67, No. 2 (Spring, 1993), pp.&nbsp;309–314<br />
*Charles Salé, ''Calixthe Beyala: analyse sémiotique de Tu t'appelleras Tanga'', Harmattan, 2005, {{ISBN|978-2-7475-9716-6}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Hitchcott, Nicki, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060909080145/http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/212910.ctl ''Calixthe Beyala: Performances of Migration''], Liverpool University Press, December 2006, {{ISBN|978-1-84631-028-7}}<br />
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