Nadia Origo

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Nadia Origo (born 1977) is a French-Gabonese writer and editor.

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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

Nadia 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

Origo 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

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  2. ↑ "Nadia Origo". The University of Western Australia (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. 1 2 3 "J'ai résolu de.... : roman". MuKanda (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  4. 1 2 "Nadia Origo" (PDF). Propos d'Ecrivains (in French). 2008-08-27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2008-11-13.
  5. ↑ "Nadia Origo: Gabegie et Indigestion Collaterable". La plume et les mots du Gabon (in French). 2009-08-13. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 D, Herel (2019-11-03). "Nadia Origo". On Dit Quoi Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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)
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  9. 1 2 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.
  10. 1 2 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)
  11. ↑ 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)
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  15. ↑ 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.
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