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Olympe Bhely-Quenum was a Beninese writer, journalist, and politician. He was born in Porto-Novo, Benin, and was educated in France. He was a member of the National Assembly of Benin from 1959 to 1963, and was the first president of the Beninese Writers' Union. He wrote several books, including "The African Novel" and "The African Theatre". He was also a member of the International PEN Club. Bhely-Quenum was a prominent figure in Benin's independence movement, and was a leader of the Union of African Writers. He was also a member of the African Writers' Association, and was a founding member of the African Writers' Union. He was awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of Benin in 1988. Bhely-Quenum died on 28 April, 2020, at the age of 95.

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Born 20 September 1928
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Nationality Benin

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1966

He is the author of several works of fiction published in French. He won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire for Le Chant du lac in 1966. His first novel Un Piège Sans Fin (1960) was translated into English as Snares Without End (Longman, 1981) and has been called "an un-put-downable tragedy".

1938

Born in Ouidah, Benin (formerly Dahomey), Bhêly-Quénum had his primary education in Benin from 1938 to 1944, after which he traveled throughout his native country, Nigeria, his maternal grandmother's country, and Ghana, where he learned English. In 1948 he went to France and undertook his secondary studies at the College Littré, in Avranches, Normandy (Manche). He worked as a teacher and trained as a diplomat, before turning to journalism. He was Editor-in-Chief and then Director of an African magazine entitled La Vie Africaine until 1964. He subsequently joined UNESCO in Paris.

1928

Olympe Bhêly-Quénum (born 20 September 1928) is a Beninese writer, journalist and magazine editor. He is the nephew of anthropologist Maximilien Quenum-Possy-Berry.