Olympe Bhely-Quenum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Olympe Bhely-Quenum

Beninese writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 20-Sep-1928

Place of Birth: Ouidah, Atlantique Department, Benin

Profession: writer, journalist

Nationality: Benin

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Olympe Bhely-Quenum

  • Olympe BhĂȘly-QuĂ©num (born 20 September 1928) is a Beninese writer, journalist and magazine editor.
  • He is the nephew of anthropologist Maximilien Quenum-Possy-Berry.Born in Ouidah, Benin (formerly Dahomey), BhĂȘly-QuĂ©num had his primary education in Benin from 1938 to 1944, after which he traveled throughout his native country, Nigeria, his maternal grandmother's country, and Ghana, where he learned English.
  • In 1948 he went to France and undertook his secondary studies at the College LittrĂ©, in Avranches, Normandy (Manche).
  • He worked as a teacher and trained as a diplomat, before turning to journalism.
  • He was Editor-in-Chief and then Director of an African magazine entitled La Vie Africaine until 1964.
  • He subsequently joined UNESCO in Paris. He is the author of several works of fiction published in French.
  • He won the Grand prix littĂ©raire d'Afrique noire for Le Chant du lac in 1966.
  • His first novel Un PiĂšge Sans Fin (1960) was translated into English as Snares Without End (Longman, 1981) and has been called "an un-put-downable tragedy".

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