Calixthe Beyala

Cameroonian writer

Person human Q297510

Facts

18 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: female^[20]
Date of birth: October 26, 1961
Place of birth: Douala, Sa'a^[6]
Country of citizenship: Cameroon, France^[7]^[8]
Occupation: writer, novelist, prose writer
Field of work: literature^[11]
Award received: Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire, Prix Tropiques, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Order of Valour, Prix François-Mauriac^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Notable work: Asséze l'Africaine, Les Honneurs perdus^[12]^[13]
Official website: calixthe.beyala.free.fr^[23]
Languages spoken, written or signed: French, Ewondo Populaire^[27]^[28]
Described by source: Dictionary of African Biography, MAL-1, Diccionario de literatura del África subsahariana^[24]^[25]^[26]
Family name: Beyala^[21]
Given name: Calixthe^[22]
Name in native language: Calixthe Beyala^[29]
Native language: French, Eton^[9]^[10]
P14750: 0A39-B321-6F9A-E45C-1CD5
Writing language: French^[30]

🏷️ Also known as

en Calixthe Beyala ar كاليكث بيالا ja カリクスト・ベヤラ ru Бейала, Каликст ru Каликст Бейала sv Beyala

🔖 Identifiers · 50

ISNI: 0000000108863378
VIAF cluster ID: 34480349
Library of Congress authority ID: n88093930
GND ID: 119367149
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Calixthe Beyala Menye.jpg ↗
Académie française award winner ID: calixthe-beyala
Africultures person ID: 3519
Albin Michel author ID: calixthe-beyala
BIBSYS ID: 90144437
Babelio author ID: 19631
Bibliopoche author ID: 15188
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12072936v

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CANTIC ID: 981058518294706706
CBDB.cz author ID: 70245
CamerounWeb person ID: 1279
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12143013
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216660325504
FAST ID: 231313
Festivaletteratura person ID: 1028
Freebase ID: /m/026sff0
Goodreads author ID: 24346
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Calixte_Beyala
IMDb ID: nm1870859
IdRef ID: 029014336
JRC Names ID: 863135
Kritisches Lexikon zur fremdsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur ID: 18000000555
Les Archives du spectacle person ID: 79709
Libris-URI: gdsw0tn052g0wr8
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA10525077
NDL Authority ID: 00666896
NE.se ID: calixthe-beyala
NL CR AUT ID: mub20191022907
NUKAT ID: n2007077501
National Library of Chile ID: 000798142
National Library of Greece ID: 264856
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007427627905171
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9812742571405606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 125910118
Open Library ID: OL70384A
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095503270
Prabook ID: 2483797
RERO ID (legacy): A003002707
Rai Teche person ID: calixthe-beyala
SBN author ID: UBOV048088
SELIBR ID: 293100
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 688591
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID: 5874
University of Barcelona authority ID: 981058518294706706
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJfGVW8WCqpFbDRYBfkYyd
Yale LUX ID: person/4ba58237-1d86-4f73-aade-c67b1f732ba3

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Award received 4

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire, Order of Valour

Occupation 3

writer, novelist, prose writer

Country of citizenship 2

France, Cameroon

Native language 2

French, Eton

Place of birth 2

Douala, Sa'a

Field of work 1

literature

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

French

Sex or gender 1

female

Writing language 1

French

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Summary

Calixthe Beyala was born on October 26, 1961^[1], in Douala^[2]. She has worked as a writer^[3], novelist^[4], and prose writer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Calixthe Beyala born?

Calixthe Beyala's place of birth was Douala^[2].

What did Calixthe Beyala do for work?

Calixthe Beyala worked as a writer^[3], novelist^[4], and prose writer^[5].

What awards did Calixthe Beyala receive?

Honors received include Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française^[14], Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire^[15], Prix Tropiques^[16], and Knight of the Legion of Honour^[17].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — place of birth (P19): Douala. Dictionary of African Biography. franceinter.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — place of birth (P19): Sa'a. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — sex or gender (P21): female. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2023-08-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — country of citizenship (P27): Cameroon. Dictionary of African Biography. Retrieved 2023-08-20. livredepoche.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — country of citizenship (P27): France. rfi.fr. rfi.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — field of work (P101): literature. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-11-07. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — native language (P103): French. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — native language (P103): Eton. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — occupation (P106): writer. Dictionary of African Biography. babelio.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — occupation (P106): novelist. Dictionary of African Biography. livredepoche.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — occupation (P106): prose writer. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2022-12-19. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — award received (P166): Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. academie-francaise.fr. Retrieved 2017-10-27. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — award received (P166): Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire. adelf.info. adelf.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — award received (P166): Prix Tropiques. lemonde.fr. lemonde.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — award received (P166): Knight of the Legion of Honour. jeuneafrique.com. jeuneafrique.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — award received (P166): Order of Valour. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — award received (P166): Prix François-Mauriac. academie-francaise.fr. academie-francaise.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — date of birth (P569): October 26, 1961. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-10-15. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — family name (P734): Beyala. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — given name (P735): Calixthe. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — notable work (P800): Asséze l'Africaine. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — notable work (P800): Les Honneurs perdus. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — official website (P856): http://calixthe.beyala.free.fr. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — described by source (P1343): Dictionary of African Biography. oxfordreference.com. oxfordreference.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — described by source (P1343): Metzler Autorinnen Lexikon (1 ed.). link.springer.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31. link.springer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — described by source (P1343): Diccionario de literatura del África subsahariana. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): French. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2023-08-20. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Ewondo Populaire. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — name in native language (P1559): Calixthe Beyala. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Calixthe Beyala — writing language (P6886): French. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-05. wikidata.org.

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