Alain Mabanckou

Alain Mabanckou ( born February 24, 1966 in Pointe- Noire, Republic of Congo) is an African writer who publishes in French.

Life and work

Alain Mabanckou spent his childhood and school years in his hometown. After high school he began studying law in Brazzaville. 1989 to 1993 he was able to study in Paris by a scholarship from business law. After the Diplôme d' études approfondies in law from the Université de Paris -Dauphine, he spent ten years as a legal adviser in the French group Suez - Lyonnaise des Eaux. He was a lecturer in Francophone literature at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2002 and 2007 he was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles ( UCLA). He now lives in Santa Monica, California.

In the 1990s he published in French publishing houses several collections of poetry and short stories. His debut novel, Bleu Blanc Rouge in 1998 awarded the Grand Prix littéraire de l' Afrique noire. More novels followed as Et Dieu seul sait comment je dors (2001), Les Petit- Fils nègres de Vercingetorix (2002), African Psycho ( 2003), and Memoires de porc -epic (2006), for which he several literary prizes, which amongst others Prix ​​Renaudot received. Was published in 2009 Black Bazar, his first novel, which was translated into German.

Works

Novels and stories

  • Bleu - Blanc- Rouge, 1998.
  • Et Dieu seul sait comment je dors, 2001.
  • Les Petits - fils de nègres Vercingetorix, 2002.
  • African Psycho, 2003. English-language edition, translated by Christine Schwartz Hartley: African Psycho, Soft Skull Press, Brooklyn, New York City 2007, ISBN 978-1-933368504.
  • German: Shattered Glass, Roman. From the French by Holger Fock and Sabine Müller. 222 S. Liebeskind, Munich, 2013, ISBN 978-3-95438-006-0.
  • German: porcupine memoirs; from the French by Holger Fock and Sabine Müller. Verlagsbuchhandlung Liebeskind, Munich 2011. ISBN 978-3-935890-81-6.
  • German: Black Bazar; from the French by Andreas Munzer, Verlagsbuchhandlung Liebeskind, Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-935890-68-7.

Volumes of poetry

  • Au jour le jour, 1993
  • La legende de l' errance, 1995
  • L' usure of lendemains, 1995
  • Les arbres aussi versent of larmes, 1997
  • Quand le coq l' aube d'un autre annoncera jour ..., 1999
  • Tant que les arbres dans la terre s'enracineront, Oeuvre complète poétique, 2007
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