Kossi Komla-Ebri Lecture, "Culture and Literature as Instruments of Communication and Identity" 9/19 @ 7pm
FAU Department of Languages Linguistics and Comparative Literature - Italian Program and FAU Department of English present
Kossi Amekowoyoa KOMLA-EBRI, born in Togo in 1954, is a medical surgeon who lives near Como, Italy. Among his publications: the novel Neyla (Premio Prato CittAperta 2019, translated into English), the volumes of anecdotes, Imbarazzismi, and Nuovi Imbarazzismi (translated into English, French and Arabic); the books of fables, Gente udite la mia favola and Le due lezioni (2022); a collection of short stories Avant que tombe la nuit (2021). Eleven shorts stories have been translated to English under the title of Home (Bordighera Press, 2022). He was awarded the 2005 “Premio Mare Nostrum for Literature” and “Premio Graphein” in 2009. He is co-founder of El-Ghibli (online magazine of migration literature). Website: www.kossi-komlaebri.net
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