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第4回（2016年） Winner
Sankie Maimo
サンキー・マイモ
Sankie Maimo
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1930 （British Southern Cameroons）
- 死没
- 2013-09-04 （Cameroon） 83歳
- 国籍
- Cameroonian
- 言語
- English
- 居住地歴
- Ibadan, Nigeria — 1949–1962 → Yaounde, Cameroon — later → Limbe, Cameroon — later
経歴
- 職業
- writer, playwright, teacher
- 活動期間
- 1949年〜2013年
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Grand prix de la mémoire | — | — | GPLA (Grand Prix of Literary Associations) | 受賞 |
Grand prix de la mémoire
2014
主催:
GPLA (Grand Prix of Literary Associations)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
I Am Vindicated
1959年 Drama (play)A play dealing with social and moral themes. One of the author's early English plays that questions personal and communal justice.
justicecommunitymorality
Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer
1968年 Drama (play)A play centered on a soothsayer. One of the few works published in English, it includes debates about culture and modernization.
cultural changetradition vs modernization
Adventuring with Jaja
1972年 Children's bookA children's adventure story encouraging imagination and curiosity among young readers.
adventurefriendship
Twilight Echoes
1979年 Novel / ProseA work themed on social reminiscence and personal memory, reflecting transitional social conditions.
memorysocial change
The Mask
1980年 Novel / Dramatic workA work that deals with identity and representation, depicting contrasts between social masks and essence.
identityrepresentation
Succession in Sarkov
1986年 NovelA political drama about succession issues, thematizing power and inheritance.
power strugglesuccession
Sasse Symphony
1989年 Novel / ProseA work depicting the symphonic relationship between local community and individuals, incorporating cultural elements.
local communityculture
Retributive Justice or “La Shivaa.”
1999年 Drama / Essayistic workA work discussing retribution and justice, treating traditional rituals and legal perspectives.
justiceritual
全著作
- I Am Vindicated. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1959 (Kraus reprint 1970).
- Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer. Yaounde: Editions Cle, 1968.
- Adventuring with Jaja. 1972 (children's book).
- Twilight Echoes. Yaounde: Cowrie Publications, 1979.
- The Mask. Yaounde: Cowrie Publications, 1980.
- Succession in Sarkov. Yaounde: SOPECAM, 1986.
- Sasse Symphony. Limbe: Nooremac Press, 1989.
- Retributive Justice or “La Shivaa.” Kumbo: Maimo, 1999.
作風・主題
- 文体
- concise, direct English proserealist tendencies addressing colonial and transition-period society
- 頻出モチーフ
- tradition vs modernizationjustice and moralityeducation and social change
評価・遺産
Sankie Maimo was an English-language Cameroonian writer and playwright who also worked as an educator. His works often advocated adoption of European values as a means for African modernization and contributed to the development of Cameroonian literature. He received posthumous recognition, including the GPLA Grand prix de la mémoire.
豆知識
- Lived and worked in Ibadan, Nigeria from 1949 to 1962 as a teacher.
- Founded the journal 'Cameroon Voice' in 1955.
- 'Sov-Mbang the Soothsayer' (1968) was noted as the only English book published by C.L.E.
- Posthumously awarded the GPLA Grand prix de la mémoire in 2014.