| LC control no. | n 50051543 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ3989.2.O9 |
| Personal name heading | Oyono-Mbia, Guillaume, 1939-2021 |
| Variant(s) | Oyono-Mbia, Guillaume, 1939- Mbia, Guillaume Oyono-, 1939-2021 |
| Associated country | Cameroon |
| Associated place | Great Britain England |
| Located | Yaoundé (Cameroon) |
| Birth date | 1939-03-02 |
| Death date | 2021-04-10 |
| Place of birth | Mvoutessi II (Cameroon) |
| Affiliation | Cameroon. Ministry of National Education Cameroon. Ministry of Information and Culture University of Keele University of Yaoundé Collège évangélique de Libamba (Cameroon) |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Dramatists College teachers Language teachers Translators |
| Found in | His Trois prétendants ... un mari, 1964. Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 17, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Oyono-Mbia, Guillaume; dramatist, English professor; born 1939 in Mvoutessi II, Cameroon; belonged to Bulu ethnic community; BA from Protestant Collège Evangélique, Libamba, near Yaoundé, Cameroon; studied English and French at Keele University, Staffordshire, England (1964-1969); professor of English at University of Yaoundé (1969); organized conference on Cameroonian literature (1977); head of Cultural Affairs division at Ministry of Culture (1972-1975); his play Trois Prétendants ... un mari (1956) won British Broadcasting Service (BBC) Plays in Africa Playwriting Award (1967) Conversations with African writers, 1981: pages 230-231 (Guillaume Oyono-Mbia; born March 2, 1939 in Mvoutessi Two, near Zoétele, Cameroon; writes in both French and English; teacher of English, French and German, Collège Evangélique de Libamba, Cameroon; head of Service for Cultural Action and Diffusion, Ministry of Information and Culture; translator in Ministry of National Education; author of plays and a short story collection, Chroniques de Mvoutessi) Cameroon-info.net, 30 June 2022 (Guillaume Oyono Mbia; born 2 March 1939, Mvoutessi II, Cameroon, died 10 April 2021; writer and playwright) <http://www.cameroon-info.net/article/cameroun-deces-de-lecrivain-guillaume-oyono-mbia-397524.html> |
| Associated language | fre eng |
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