Peggy Lucie Auleley

Peggy Pâquerette Lucie Auleley (born 1971) is a Gabonese author.[1] She first gained recognition for her 1998 poetry collection Rêves d'enfants.[2]

Biography

Peggy Auleley was born in September 1971 in Libreville, Gabon, to a father from Guinea and a Gabonese mother.[2] She began writing at a young age, while also pursuing a passion for soccer, playing for the local team RC Sahoty.[2][3]

Auleley first gained notice for her poetry collection Rêves d'enfants, which came second in the 1998 youth literature contest organized by the Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique (today the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie).[2][3] She had previously come third in a 1995 literary contest hosted by her country's National Program Against AIDS.[2]

She subsequently wrote several books, including the Les larmes du soleil (2012), a story of underprivileged children; Nzamaligué (2016), an homage to acceptance of difference; and the novel L'Héritière du jaspe (2012).[2][4][5][6]

Auleley cites Pierre-Claver Akendengué and Aimé Césaire among her cultural influences.[4]

In addition to her writing, Auleley works as a French teacher.[2][4] She has three children.[2]

Selected works

  • Rêves d'enfants, ACCT, 1998
  • Les Larmes du soleil, Odette Maganga Editions, 2012
  • L'Héritière du jaspe, Odette Maganga Editions, 2012
  • Soleils étranglés, La Doxa Editions, 2015
  • Nzamaligué, La Doxa Editions, 2016[7]

References

  1. ^ Biyogo, Grégoire (2011). Corpus des corpus: répertoire des auteurs et des livres du Gabon (in French). Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-54108-5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Merey, Edna (October 2013). "Interview de Peggy Lucie Auleley par Edna Merey". Amina (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  3. ^ a b Mukoko, Bona Masanu (May 1999). "Peggy Lucie Auleley: lauréate du concours ACCT". Amina (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  4. ^ a b c Ntoutoume, Loic (2015-06-02). "Littérature : Peggy Lucie Auleley au «Club Lyre»". Gabon Review (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  5. ^ Gray II, Richard J. (2014). Francophone African Poetry and Drama: A Cultural History Since the 1960s. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-1705-3.
  6. ^ Toman, Cheryl; Idiatha, Wilfried; Effah, Charline (2014). "Afrique de l'Ouest". Nouvelles Études Francophones. 29 (1): 171–174. ISSN 1552-3152.
  7. ^ "Auleley, Peggy Lidwine Lucie". WorldCat. Retrieved 2024-09-04.