Joyce Ashuntantang

Joyce Ashuntantang is a Cameroonian poet and creative writer.[1] She has contributed to nine international anthologies of poetry and currently a tenured Associate Professor of English at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut.[2]

Joyce Ashuntantang
NationalityCameroonian
OccupationWriter

Biography

Ashuntantang started writing publications when she was in secondary school but never thought of writing as a career because in her country of Cameroon, where she grew up, writing was not presented as a career. She received a B.A in English with a minor in Theater Arts from the University of Yaoundé, Cameroon with a Master's in Library and Information Science from the University of Aberystwyth, UK, a Masters in English from Hunter College, and a Ph.D. in English/African Literature from the City University of New York.[3]

She has published more than four books of poetry and contributed to 13 volumes of international poetry anthologies as well as one short story anthology which include Landscaping Postcoloniality: The Dissemination of Cameroon Anglophone Literature (2009) and three poetry collections, Their Champagne Party will End: Poems in Honor of Bate Besong, co-edited (2008), A Basket of Flaming Ashes (2010) and Beautiful Fire (2018).[4] Her poems have been translated into Spanish, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish, Bangla, Arabic and Romanian.[5]

Awards

Her Awards include Spirit of Detroit Award for Leadership (1987), Ministry of Culture, Cameroon, Award for Outstanding Performance in Theater (1989, 1994), Belle K. Ribicoff Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship (2012) and Kathrak-Bangladesh Literary Award.[6]

References
  1. "African Books Collective: Joyce Ash". www.africanbookscollective.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. "Joyce Ashuntantang". Spears Books. 2018-07-15. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  3. "Joyce Ashuntantang | University of Hartford". www.hartford.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  4. "Joyce Ashuntantang". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  5. "Dr. Joyce Ashuntantang". EduART. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  6. "Joyce Ashuntantang: Still On The Go – joyceash". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
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