Hemley Boum
Born1973
Douala, Cameroon
OccupationNovelist
NationalityCameroonian

Hemley Boum (born 1973 in Douala, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian writer.[1] She received the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire. She won the Prix Les Afriques in 2016.

Boum studied Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé and international trade at the Lille Catholic University. She lives in Paris with her husband and their two children.

Works

  • Le Clan des femmes, Paris, L'Harmattan, " Écrire l'Afrique ", 2010 ISBN 978-2-296-12847-7
  • Si d'aimer…, Ciboure, La Cheminante, 2012 ISBN 978-2-917598-69-6
  • Les maquisards, Ciboure, La Cheminante, 2015 ISBN 978-2-371270-22-0
  • Les jours viennent et passent, Paris, Gallimard, 2019, ISBN 9782072849183 (Translation in Dutch: De dagen komen en gaan, 2020, ISBN 9789493081734)

References

  1. "Hemley Boum (1973)". BnF Catalogue général. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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