Yodi Karone
ヨディ・カロネ
Yodi Karone
Aliases:
Alan Dye
Pen Names:
Yodi Karone（Pen name used for his literary work in French.）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-03-15 （Cameroon）
- Died
- null
- Nationality
- Cameroon
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Paris (1980s) → Cameroon
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, playwright, musician, sculptor
- Active Years
- 1978-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire | Nègre de Paille | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire
1982
Work:
Nègre de Paille
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Palabres de nuit
1978 DramaKarone's first play. A work about nocturnal discussions, first published in 1978.
dialoguesocial discourse
Sacré dernier
1980 DramaA play published in 1980. Details are limited but it reflects his early dramatic work.
theatrical experimentation
Le bal des Caïmans
1980 NovelA political novel depicting injustices suffered by an oppressed population. The story is constructed from testimonies in a mock trial, using limited perspectives to intensify a search for subjectivity.
oppressiontrial and testimonysearch for subjectivity
Nègre de Paille
1982 NovelOne of Karone's notable novels, awarded the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1982. While detailed plot information is limited, it is associated with themes of identity and postcolonial conditions.
identitypostcolonialism
A la Recherche du cannibale amour
1988 NovelStarts at Châtelet station in Paris. An African novelist loses his manuscript after hearing a saxophonist and embarks on a search that takes him to Cameroon and Harlem — a journey across cityscapes and the diaspora.
loss and searchurban lifediaspora
Les beaux gosses
1988 NovelA 1988 novel/short work. Specific details are limited but it is part of his body of work from that period.
youth culturesocial observation
Bibliography
- Palabres de nuit (1978)
- Sacré dernier (1980)
- Le bal des Caïmans (1980)
- Nègre de Paille (1982)
- A la Recherche du cannibale amour (1988)
- Les beaux gosses (1988)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- rhythmic proseuse of vivid visual imagerytechnique of layered limited perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- city and nostalgiasearch for subjectivitypower and oppression
Legacy
Karone is regarded as one of the African-descended writers active in Paris during the 1970s–80s. His 1982 award-winning work contributed to discussions of postcolonial themes and the search for subjectivity. His corpus and archival materials remain limited and open to further study.
Trivia
- Birth name is Alan Dye.
- First play 'Palabres de nuit' published in 1978.
- Won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 1982 for 'Nègre de Paille'.
- Considered one of the notable African-descended writers living in Paris during the 1980s.