- Sami Tchak
Infobox Writer
name = Sami Tchak
imagesize = 200pxSami Tchak is a Togolese writer, born in1960 .Biography
After a dissertation in philosophy at the University of
Lomé in1983 , Sami Tchak taught in a high school for three years. He arrived inFrance in 1986 to start his sociology studies, and obtained his PhD at theSorbonne University in1993 . His research on the prostitution carried him toCuba in 1996 for seven months whose result is the publication of the essay "Prostitution à Cuba. Communisme, ruses and débrouilles" (foreword by the Cuban writerEduardo Manet ). The discovery ofMexico andColombia influenced significantly his literary choices. These places and the great writers who come from, offering him new horizons of writing.Since the novel "Hermina", published by Gallimard in
2003 , all his works take place in an imaginaryLatin America setting, which actually is far more similar to Africa.Besides the short stories and the articles, appeared in several magazines and revues, he has published six novels and four essays.In
2004 , Sami Tchak won the "Grand Prix of Black African Literature" for the entire range of his work.His novels have been translated into Spanish, German and Italian.
Works
Novels
*"Femme infidèle", Lomé, Nouvelles Editions Africaines,1988.
*"Place des Fêtes", Paris, Gallimard, 2001.
*"Hermina", Paris, Gallimard, 2003.
*"La fête des masques", 2004, Paris, Gallimard.
*Le paradis des chiots, Paris, Mercure de France, 2006.
*Filles de Mexico, Paris, Mercure de France, 2008.Essays
*"La sexualité féminine en Afrique", Paris, L’Harmattan, 1999.
*"La prostitution à Cuba", Paris, L’Harmattan,1999.
*"L’Afrique à l’épreuve du sida", Paris, L’Harmattan, 2000.
*"Formation d’une élite paysanne au Burkina Faso", Paris, L’Harmattan, 1995.External links
http://www.ukzn.ac.za/cca/images/tow/TOW2005/bios/Tchak.htm
http://www.africansuccess.org/visuFiche.php?id=232&lang=en
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