Living Writers: Emmanuel Dongala

Thursday, November 19
Start Time: 4:30 PM

In 105 Lawrence Hall on the Colgate campus.  Author Emmanuel Dongala will read from, and discuss, his work as part of the Living Writers series sponsored by the English Department at Colgate.

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Emmanuel Dongala is a Congolese short-story writer, novelist, playwright. After schooling in Brazzaville, he earned degrees in chemistry in the United States and France. Back in the Congo he worked as a teacher and dean until he was forced to  leave after a bitter civil war. He now teaches at Bard College, where he holds the Richard B. Fisher Chair in Natural Sciences and leads a seminar in African Francophone literature. Dongala has  published  four novels, a collection of short stories and a play. His essays and articles have appeared in Liberation, Le Monde, The New York Times, and Transition.  His latest novel, Johnny Mad Dog, was selected by the Los Angeles Times as one of the best books of the year, and a film has been made of the book.