African writers and the Nobel Prize

Authors

  • Eliana Lourenço de Lima Reis UFMG

Keywords:

Nobel Prize in Literature, Africa, intellectuals, Wole Soyinka, Nadine Gordimer

Abstract

The awarding of the Nobel Prize to African writers, such as Wole Soyinka and Nadine Gordimer, has contributed to increasing their visibility both as writers and intellectuals. This paper discusses their attitudes towards the consequences of literary fame, especially with respect to their public life and their presence in the media.

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Author Biography

Eliana Lourenço de Lima Reis, UFMG

Doutora em Literatura Comparada pela UFMG, com Pós-Doutorado em Duke University, é professora de Literaturas de expressão inglesa na UFMG. Atualmente é coordenadora do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras - Estudos Literários. É autora, entre outros, de Pós-colonialismo, identidade e mestiçagem cultural: a literatura de Wole Soyinka (1999); co-tradutora de O local da cultura (1999), de Homi Bhabha e A exaustão da diferença (2001), de Alberto Moreiras, Ficções de fundação (2004), de Doris Sommer, todos pela Editora UFMG.

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Published

2005-12-30

How to Cite

Reis, E. L. de L. (2005). African writers and the Nobel Prize. Gragoatá, 10(19). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/33259

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 19 (2005): África, new pathways

Section

Literature Articles

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