Olivier Barlet
Olivier Barlet (born 1952) is a French journalist, film critic, scholar of African cinema and translator.[1]
Life
Olivier Barlet was born in Paris in 1952, and studied business at EAP-ESCP and in Germany.[2][3] From 1997 to 2004 he was editor-in-chief of the journal Africultures. He has also translated several books on Africa and by African authors.[4]
Works
Books
- Les cinémas d'Afrique noire: le regard en question, Paris: Harmattan, 1996. Translated into English as African cinemas: decolonizing the gaze, London: Zed Books, 2000.
- Contemporary African cinema, East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, 2016
Translations into French
- L'art contemporain dans les pays du 'tiers monde' by Jutta Ströter-Bender, 1991. Translated from the German.
- (with Simon Baguma Mweze) Les enfants du faiseur de pluie by Aniceti Kitereza, 1996. Republished as Le tueur de serpents, 1999. Translated from the Swahili Bwana Myombekere na Bibi Bugonoka na Ntulanalwo na Bulihwali.
- Le corps à corps by Buchi Emecheta, 1999. Translated from the English The Wrestling Match.
References
- Olivier Barlet, L'Harmattan.
- Olivier Barlet, BUALA.
- Olivier Barlet, africine.org.
- Olivier Barlet, World Summit on Arts & Culture, 2009.
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