Kama Sywor Kamanda

Biography

Kama Sywor Kamanda was born in 1952 in Congo. He has written over a dozen books of poetry, including Chants de brumes, Les Résignations, and L'Éternité des jours. He went to Journalism School Congo and University of Kinshasa for undergraduate degrees in Journalism and political science. He also received a Doctoral degree in Law from University Liège. He worked as a journalist and helped to establish the Union of Congolese Writers, but he was forced to leave Congo in 1977 because of his political activities. He eventually settled in Luxembourg.

Birth Date

1952-01-01

Place of Birth

Country of Nationality

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Languages Spoken

French

University of Kinshasa, University of Kinshasa, Journalism School Congo, University of Liège

Poetry Collections

Chants de brumes (Latest edition 2019, editions universitaires européennes, Paris)
Les Résignations (Latest edition 2019, editions universitaires européennes, Paris)
Éclipse d’étoiles (Latest edition 2019, editions universitaires européennes, Paris)
La Somme du néant (Latest edition 2019, editions universitaires européennes, Paris)
L’Exil des songes (Latest edition 2019, UNIV EUROPEENNE Paris)
Les Myriades des temps vécus (Latest edition 2019, editions universitaires européennes, Paris)
Les Vents de l’épreuve (Latest edition 2019, editions universitaires européennes, Paris)
Euvre poétique, (2000, Editions Présence Africaine, Paris)
Euvre poétique complète, Age d' homme ( 2008, Paris)
L'Éternité des jours (Éditions universitaires européennes, May 2019)

Sources

Wikipedia Contributors. "Kama Sywor Kamanda." Wikipedia. Wikipedia Corporation. January 16, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama_Sywor_Kamanda#Poetry. Accessed on May 10, 2022. Pirkola, Mary. "Prolific Congolese writer to visit Grand Valley State." March 11, 2014. https://www.gvsu.edu/gvnext/2014/prolific-congolese-writer-to-visit-grand-valley-state-8154.htm. Accessed on May 10, 2022. "Kama Sywor Kamanda." Prabook. https://prabook.com/web/kama_sywor.kamanda/306603. Accessed on May 10, 2022.