Yves-Emmanuel DOGBE

2000
  • Africa
  • Western Africa
  • Togo
French

Yves-Emmanuel DOGBE (born 1939, Lome) is director of Edition Akpagnon in Lome, and previously served as consultant for the UNESCO in Paris and as professor of sociology at Togo's Ecole National d'Administration and at the University of Benin. He is the author of the novels La Victime (1979) and Le Miroir (1979) and many important essays. Dr. Dogbe has been writing for many years, since he was a high school teacher; after a hiatus due to political problems, he established a publishing operation, Edition Akagnon, which helps to promote the works of young writers. He holds the doctorate in sociology from the University of Paris, Sorbonne V. Dr. Dogbe has attended numerous conferences in Europe and traveled extensively in neighboring African nations. He is taking part in the IWP through a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

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  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

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