Romuald Fonkoua
# Romuald Fonkoua

Romuald Fonkoua (born 1961 in Cameroon) is a professor of Francophone literature at the Faculty of Letters of Sorbonne University where he directs the International Center for Francophone Studies.

## Biography

Romuald Fonkoua studied literature in Cameroon and France, earning a doctorate in general and comparative literature from the University of Lille. Fonkoua lectured at University of Cergy-Pontoise before becoming a professor of Francophone literature at the University of Strasbourg. Since 2000, he has been a teaching fellow at Middlebury College. Fonkoua directs the "Lettres francophone" collection of the Sorbonne University Presses (SUP) and co-directs the "Bibliothèque francophone" collection at Classiques Garnier.

He has been editor-in-chief of Presence Africaine since 1999.

Fonkoua's work focuses on questions of general Francophone literature, its history, sociology, and biographies of writers.

## Works

* 1998 Romuald Fonkoua. Les discours de voyages, Afrique - Antilles, Paris, Karthala, coll. "Lettres du Sud".
* 2001 Romuald Fonkoua and Pierre Halan. Les Champs littéraires africains, Paris, Karthala.
* 2002 Romuald Fonkoua. Essai sur une mesure du monde au $xx^e$ siècle : Édouard Glissant, Paris, Honoré Champion.
* 2003 Romuald Fonkoua, Bernard Mourails and Anne Piriou. Robert Delavignette savant et politique : 1897-1976, Paris, Karthala.
* 2010 Romuald Fonkoua. Aimé Césaire, 1913-2008, Paris, Perrin.
* 2012 Romuald Fonkoua, Eléonore Reverzy and Pierre Hartmann. Les Fables du Politique des Lumières à nos jours, Strasbourg, Strasbourg University Press.
* 2018 Romuald Fonkoua and Muriel Ott. 'Les héros et la mort dans les traditions épiques, Paris, Karthala.
