About: Bate Besong

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Bate Besong (1954–2007) was a Cameroonian playwright, poet and critic, who was described by Pierre Fandio as “one of the most representative and regular writers of what might be referred to as the second generation of the emergent Cameroonian literature in English". He died on March 8, 2007 in a car accident on the . On July 18, 2008, Niyi Osundare paid tribute to Besong with a speech given during the 2008 EduArt Awards for Cameroonian Literature in English.

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  • Bate Besong (1954–2007) was a Cameroonian playwright, poet and critic, who was described by Pierre Fandio as “one of the most representative and regular writers of what might be referred to as the second generation of the emergent Cameroonian literature in English". He died on March 8, 2007 in a car accident on the . On July 18, 2008, Niyi Osundare paid tribute to Besong with a speech given during the 2008 EduArt Awards for Cameroonian Literature in English. (en)
  • Bate Besong, de son nom complet Jacob Bate Besong, né en 1954 à Calabar et mort le 8 mars 2007 au Cameroun, est un dramaturge, poète et critique littéraire camerounais, décrit par Pierre Fandio comme "l'un des écrivains les plus représentatifs et réguliers de ce que l'on pourrait appeler la deuxième génération de la littérature camerounaise émergente en anglais". Le 18 juillet 2008, Niyi Osundare a rendu hommage à Besong dans un discours prononcé lors des EduArt Awards 2008 pour la littérature camerounaise anglophone. (fr)
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  • Bate Besong (1954–2007) was a Cameroonian playwright, poet and critic, who was described by Pierre Fandio as “one of the most representative and regular writers of what might be referred to as the second generation of the emergent Cameroonian literature in English". He died on March 8, 2007 in a car accident on the . On July 18, 2008, Niyi Osundare paid tribute to Besong with a speech given during the 2008 EduArt Awards for Cameroonian Literature in English. (en)
  • Bate Besong, de son nom complet Jacob Bate Besong, né en 1954 à Calabar et mort le 8 mars 2007 au Cameroun, est un dramaturge, poète et critique littéraire camerounais, décrit par Pierre Fandio comme "l'un des écrivains les plus représentatifs et réguliers de ce que l'on pourrait appeler la deuxième génération de la littérature camerounaise émergente en anglais". Le 18 juillet 2008, Niyi Osundare a rendu hommage à Besong dans un discours prononcé lors des EduArt Awards 2008 pour la littérature camerounaise anglophone. (fr)
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