Information about the author:
Nina D. Lyakhovskaya
Nina D. Lyakhovskaya, DSc in Philology, Leading Research Fellow, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Povarskaya 25 а, 121069 Moscow, Russia.
Abstract: This book is the first comprehensive study in Africana literary scholarship dedicated to the creative work of Senegalese writer and filmmaker Sembène Ousmane, covering his novels, novellas, short stories, and poetry from 1956 to 1981. The author offers a new interpretation of Sembène’s artistic style, defining him as a neorealist with a distinct African specificity and as a people’s writer of Senegal. The book is intended for students and scholars in the humanities, as well as for anyone interested in African culture.
Keywords: new realism, Sembène Ousmane, African literatures, cinema, Gorky, Italian neorealism, West Africa, Senegal, short fiction.
