Josué Guébo Explained

Josué Guébo
Birth Name:	Josué Yoroba Guébo
Birth Date:	21 July 1972
Birth Place:	Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Awards:	Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry 2014 Bernard Dadié Grand Prize 2017

Josué Yoroba Guébo, or Josué Guébo (born July 21, 1972), is an Ivorian academic and man of letters. A major figure of African contemporary poetry, he is also a short story writer, playwright, essayist and author of children's literature. 6th President of the Ivoirian Writers' Association (AECI), he is the recipient of the Bernard Dadié Grand Prize and the U Tam'si Prize.

A philosopher, he is the founder and Chairman of the Ivoirian Society of Transhumanism (SIVOT).

Biography

Josué Yoroba Guébo was born on July 21, 1972, in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire. He started writing poetry while still young. He wrote his first poem when he was twelve or thirteen years old. His interest for literature led him to read the works of Aimé Césaire or those of Paul Verlaine. He was also influenced by the great African writers he discovered during his school and university course.Holder of a PhD in History and Philosophy of Sciences, Josué Guébo is also teacher-researcher.

Bibliography

Poetry

2009: L'or n'a jamais été un métal (Vallesse, Abidjan);
2010: D'un mâle quelconque (Apopsix, Paris) ;
2011: Carnet de doute (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Dakar);
2011: Mon pays, ce soir (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Dakar);
2014: Songe à Lampedusa (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris);
2015: L’Enfant qui disparaît est une lettre d’alphabet (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris) ;
2015: Dapidahoun, chantiers d'espérances (Les Editions du Net);
2016: My country, tonight (Action Books), translated by Todd Fredson;
2016: Aux chemins de Babo Naki (l'Harmattan, Paris);
2017: Think of Lampedusa (ImprintUniversity of Nebraska Press), Introduction by John Keene, translated by Todd Fredson;

Children's Books

2013: Le père Noël aime l'attiéké (Les classiques ivoiriens);
2018: Le père Noël danse le Ziglibity (Eburnie édition);
2018: Pourquoi l'homme, le chien et le chat parlent des langues différentes (Eburnie édition);
2018: Destins de clandestins (Vallesse édition).

Essays

2015: Une histoire de l'objectivité : L’objectivité dans les sciences, de Parménide à l’intelligence artificielle (Presses Académiques Francophones);
2016: Les Sommeils des indépendances, Chroniques pour une Afrique intégrée (Harmattan Côte-d'Ivoire);
2016: Dictionnaire des mots et expressions du français ivoirien (l'Harmattan, Paris);
2018: Chroniques africaines et aphorismes (Dhart, Québec).

Theatre

2016: Le blues des oranges (Les Editions du Net).

Collective Works

2007: La paix par l'écriture (Vallesse, Abidjan);
2010: Des paroles de Côte d'Ivoire pour Haïti, notre devoir de solidarité (Ceda/Nei);
2013: Monsieur Mandela (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris);
2015: Ce soir quand tu verras Patrice (Panafrika/Silex/Nouvelles du sud, Paris);
2017: Africa Study Bible, NLT (Tyndale house, Carol Stream, Illinois);
2019: Dadié, l'homme de tous les continents. Cent écrivains du monde rendent hommage au centenaire vivant (Édtitions Eburnie, Abidjan).

Awards

Literary awards

1998: Award of RFI writing contest " 3 heures pour écrire " (3 hours to write) ;
2000: First AECI National Poetry Prize for " Noël, un fusil nous est né " (Christmas, a gun is born to us) ;
2007: First Prize in Poetry " Les Manuscrits d'or " for " C'était hier " (That Was Yesterday) ;
2007: First Prize in Short Stories " Les Manuscrits d'or " for " Confidences d'une pièce de 25 Francs " (Confessions of a 25 francs coin) ;
2014: Tchicaya U Tam'si Prize for African Poetry for Think of Lampedusa ;
2017: Bernard Dadié national grand prize for literature for Aux chemins de Babo Naki (Babo Naki's paths).

Other distinctions

2012 : Knight of the Ivorian Cultural Merit