Patrice Nganang was born in Cameroon and is a novelist, poet, and essayist. His novel Temps de chien (Dog Days) received the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar and the Grand prix littéraire d’Afrique noire. He is also the author of La Joie de vivre, L’Invention d’un beau regard, and Mont Plaisant (Mount Pleasant). He teaches comparative literature at Stony Brook University.