Alain Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou [1][2](born 24 February 1966) is a writer. He is a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo.[3]
His first novel was published in 1998. [4]Mabanckou's work has been published in fifteen languages. His non-fiction books talk about Africa and the African diaspora in France.[5]
Mabanckou is a Professor of Literature at UCLA.
Early Life[change | change source]
Alain Mabanckou [6] was born in Congo-Brazzaville in 1966 . He spent his childhood in the coastal city of Pointe-Noire .He received a scholarship at The Marien Ngouabi University in Brazzaville to go to France at the age of 22 . After receiving a post-graduate Diploma in Law from the Université Paris-Dauphine, he worked for about ten years for the group Suez-Lyonnaise des Eaux.[7]
Awards[change | change source]
- Prix de la Société des poètes français, 1995 for L'usure des lendemains
- Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire, for Bleu-Blanc-Rouge, 1999
- Prix du roman Ouest-France-Etonnants Voyageurs 2005, for Verre cassé
- Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie 2005, for Verre cassé
- Prix RFO du livre 2005, for Verre cassé
- Prix Renaudot 2006, for Mémoires de porc-épic
- Prix de La Rentrée littéraire 2006, for Mémoires de porc-épic
- Prix Aliénor d'Aquitaine 2006, for Mémoires de porc-épic
- Prix Créateurs Sans Frontières 2007 (Ministère français des Affaires Etrangères), for Mémoires de porc-épic
- Médaille de citoyen d'honneur de la ville de Saint-Jean-d'Angély (Charente-Maritime, France), 2004
- Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur par décret du Président de la République française, 2010.
- Georges Brassens Prize 2010, for Demain j'aurai vingt ans
- Académie Française Prize : Grand Prix de littérature Henri Gal 2012 for his entire work
- Premio Strega Europeo : 2015, Finalist
- Man Booker International Prize: 2015, Finalist
- 2016 Puterbaugh Fellow for the entire body of work
- 2017 Man Booker International Prize selection for the novel Black Moses
- The Guardian ranked Broken Glass #99 in its list of 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Alain Mabanckou, l'enfant noir". Bibliobs (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ↑ Staff, Guardian (2019-09-21). "The 100 best books of the 21st century". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ↑ "Prince of the absurd". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ↑ "The Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist Announced | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Archived from the original on 2020-05-24. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ↑ "Alain Mabanckou, l'enfant noir". "G.L.", Le Nouvel Observateur, 19 August 2010.
- ↑ "Les Africains ont une responsabilité dans la traite des Noirs". Slate Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ↑ "Le grand rire d'Alain Mabanckou". Slate Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-12.