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
editNadia Origo was born in Mouila, southern Gabon, in 1977.[1][2][3] Her birth name was Nadia Busugwu.[4][5]
She moved to France around 2005, where she studied geography at the University of Montpellier.[6][7][8] She then obtained a doctoral degree from Paris-Sorbonne University, settling in Paris thereafter.[1][6][8]
Work
editOrigo is primarily a novelist, as well as an editor.[6][7][9] Her novels frequently include autobiographical elements.[1][4][7]
She is considered part of the contemporary generation of Gabonese women writers.[7] Like others of her generation, her work is influenced by the writing of Angèle Rawiri.[10][11]
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.[1][7][9] She also produced a book of poetry, Sanglotites équatoriales, in 2014.[1]
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.[7][10][12]
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.[1][7][3] She subsequently founded Reflets Magazine in 2010.[3][6][8] The two efforts are now housed under a parent company run by Origo, called OrigraphCom.[6]
In 2019, Origo published a book on her experience as a Christian entrepreneur, titled Entreprendre c'est faire la guerre.[13] Her first novel, Le voyage d'Aurore, was translated into English by Aquene Kimmel and published under the title Aurore's Journey in 2020.[14][15]
Selected works
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Nadia Origo". The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Nadia Origo". The University of Western Australia (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b c "J'ai résolu de.... : roman". MuKanda (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b "Nadia Origo" (PDF). Propos d'Ecrivains (in French). 2008-08-27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-11-13.
- ^ "Nadia Origo: Gabegie et Indigestion Collaterable". La plume et les mots du Gabon (in French). 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e D, Herel (2019-11-03). "Nadia Origo". On Dit Quoi Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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) - ^ a b c "African Studies". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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) - ^ 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) - ^ "Collectif Les lyres de l'Ogooué". The University of Western Australia (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ "Nadia Origo, l'éditrice à la plume de serial entrepreneure". OtitiWinners (in French). 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.