Author · Ivory Coast
Charles Nokan
Died in 2022
Charles Zégoua Gbessi Nokan was born on 28 December 1936 in Yamoussoukro. After primary school in Yamoussoukro and Toumodi, he continued his studies in France, at the universities of Poitiers and Paris, where he obtained a degree in sociology and a doctorate in philosophy. He then taught at the University of Abidjan and was a member of the Academy of Sciences, Arts, Cultures of Africa and the African Diasporas. Committed to the left, he regarded writing as a struggle as much as a song. Winner of the Grand Prix national de littérature in 2014, he died in Abidjan on 1 November 2022.
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- TheatreAbraha Pokou ou Une grande africaineCharles Nokan · 1970not translated into EnglishLiterature