Laurent Owondo

Laurent Owondo was born on 14 July 1948 in Libreville; his father was a chief of the Mpongwè community. After the baccalauréat, in 1969, he studied in France and defended a doctorate in American literature at the Sorbonne, then taught in England and the United States. From 1980, he taught at Omar Bongo University in Libreville. A playwright, actor and director, he headed the National Theatre of Gabon and led his own company, the Théâtre de la Rencontre. He died in Libreville on 10 June 2019.

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• NovelAu bout du silenceLaurent Owondo · 1985not translated into EnglishLiterature