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Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA.
May 6, 2024 · Alain Mabanckou (born February 24, 1966, Mouyondzi, Congo [now Republic of the Congo]) is a prolific Francophone Congolese poet and novelist whose wordplay, philosophical bent, and sometimes sly and often absurd sense of humour resulted in his being known in France as “the African Samuel Beckett.”
Alain Mabanckou est un écrivain et enseignant franco - congolais 1, né le 24 février 1966 à Pointe-Noire ( république du Congo ). Il remporte en 2006 le prix Renaudot pour son roman Mémoires de porc-épic.
Découvrez l'oeuvre d'Alain Mabanckou, auteur de romans primés comme Verre Cassé et Mémoires de Porc-épic. Suivez ses actualités, ses conférences, ses engagements culturels et littéraires.
One of Francophone Africa's most prolific contemporary writers, he is the author of six volumes of poetry and six novels. He received the Sub-Saharan Africa Literary Prize in 1999 for his first novel, Blue-White-Red, the Prize of the Five Francophone Continents for Broken Glass, and the Prix Renaudot in 2006 for Memoirs of a Porcupine.
Alain Mabanckou, from Congo-Brazzaville, is considered one of francophone Africa’s most prolific contemporary writers. Twice a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, his work has garnered a multitude of awards, including the prestigious Grand Prix de la Littérature from the Académie Française.
Born 1966, Congo, Alain Mabanckou is a prolific Francophone Congolese poet and novelist whose wordplay, philosophical bent, and sometimes sly and often absurd sense of humour resulted in his being known in France as “the African Samuel Beckett.
