Ngandu Nkashama, Pius, 1946-

LC control no.	n 84187747
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ3989.2.N4625
Personal name heading	Ngandu Nkashama, Pius, 1946- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Pius Ngandu Nkashama, 1946- Ngandu, Pius, 1946- Ngandu Nkashama, P., 1946- Ngandu, Pius Nkashama, 1946- Nkashama, Pius Ngandu, 1946-
Associated country	Congo (Democratic Republic) United States
Associated place	France
Located	Baton Rouge (La.)
Birth date	1946-09-04
Place of birth	Mbuji-Mayi (Congo)
Field of activity	African literature (French) Literature--Study and teaching Creative writing
Affiliation	Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.) Université de Strasbourg Université nationale du Zaïre, Campus de Kinshasa Université de Lubumbashi Université Lovanium de Kinshasa
Profession or occupation	Poets Novelists Essayists College teachers French teachers Literature teachers Critics
Found in	Littératures africaines de 1930 à nos jours, c1984: t.p. (Pius Ngandu Nkashama) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Ngandu, Pius, 1946- ; usage: Pius Ngandu: P. Ngandu Nkashama; info.: b. Mbuji-Mayi (Zaïre) 1946) Ecritures littéraires, 2002: t.p. (Pius Ngandu Nkashama) p. 4 of cover (currently prof. of French, LSU, Baton Rouge, La.) Dialogues et entretiens d'auteur, 2012: t.p. (Pius Ngandu Nkashama) p. 4 of cover (literary critic, fiction writer, playwright and poet, Pius NGANDU Nkashama is Distinguished Professor of literature at Louisiana State University) Bibliothèque nationale de France, Sept. 4, 2013 (hdg.: Ngandu, Pius Nkashama, 1946- ; b.: Sept. 4, 1946 ; nat.: Democratic Republic of Congo ; writer, playwright and poet; professor at the National University of Zaire, director of the Center for the Study of African literature (Lubumbashi, 1976-1980) and the Center for African Studies Zaire (Kinshasa, 1979-1982), at the University of Annaba Algeria (in 1983), professor of linguistics at the University of Limoges (1993); professor of French Language and Francophone Literature at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana (2006)) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 19, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Nkashama, Pius Ngandu; poet, novelist, essayist, literary critic; born 04 September 1946 in Mbujimayi, Democratic Republic of Congo; studied Greek and Latin at Lubumbashi Collège; student at Université Lovanium, Kinshasa (1970); doctorate at Université de Strasbourg; taught linguistics and literature at the Université Nationale de Zaïre; in exile in Algeria continued his professorial career (1982-1990); lived in Limoges, France (1991-1997); taught at Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle (1998-2000); professor, director of the Center for French & Francophone Studies at Louisiana State University, United States; received Fonlon-Nichols Award for his works (2004); prolific writer, his work largely extends to general questions of African Francophone literature, analysis of particular works of African writers, anthologies, poetic collections, bibliography, critical work; wrote tales, novels, short stories, theatrical works, both in French and Tshiluba; impressive thinker, globally respected theorist of literature and culture) Les cendres du père, 2014: title page (Pius Nkashama Ngandu) p. 4 of cover (b. in Mbujimayi, Congo (Democratic Republic); professor at Université de Lubumbashi, Director of Centre d'études des littératures africaines; writes both in French and in Kiluba) Louisiana State University website, Department of French Studies, viewed November 12, 2020 (Pius Ngandu; Professor; areas of interest: semantics of metaphor, Francophone literature, narrativity, gestural semiotics; "Selected Publications" listed with English titles, but mostly published in Paris) Wikipedia, November 12, 2020 (Pius Ngandu Nkashama; since 2000 he has settled in the United States where he is professor of French Language and Literature at Louisiana State University)
Associated language	fre lub
Invalid LCCN	no2016035465