Alain Mabanckou

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alain Mabanckou
Occupation	Writer
Date Of Birth	Feb 24, 1966(1966-02-24)
Age	58
Birthplace	Pointe-Noire
Country	Republic of the Congo
Birth City	Pointe-Noire
Horoscope	Pisces

Alain Mabanckou Biography

Alain Mabanckou is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on February 24, 1966 in Pointe-Noire, Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo-Brazzaville in 1966. He spent his childhood in the coastal city of Pointe-Noire where he received his baccalaureate in Letters and Philosophy at the Lycée Karl Marx. After preliminary law classes at The Marien Ngouabi University in Brazzaville, he received a scholarship to go to France at the age of 22. He already had several manuscripts to his name, mostly collections of poems, which he began publishing three years later.

In 2006 he published Memoires de porc-épic (Memoirs of a Porcupine), which won the Prix Renaudot, one of the highest distinctions in French literature. The book is a magic realism-inspired reworking of a folk tale into a psychological portrait of a young Congolese man’s descent into violence.

Mabanckou’s work has been published in 15 languages. African Psycho (2007), Broken Glass (2009), Memoirs of a Porcupine (2011) and Black Baazar (2012) have been translated into English.

In 2007, Mabanckou’s early poetry was re-published by Points-Seuil under the title Tant que les arbres s’enracineront dans la terre, as well as a biography of James Baldwin, Lettre à Jimmy (Fayard), on the 20th anniversary of Baldwin’s death.

In 2002, Mabanckou went to teach Francophone Literature at the University of Michigan as an Assistant Professor. After three years there he was hired in 2006 by the University of California Los Angeles, where he is now a full Professor in the French Department. He currently lives in Santa Monica, California. He was appointed Visiting Professor at the Collège de France (Chair of Artistic Creation) for 2016.

Alain Mabanckou Net Worth

Alain Mabanckou is one of the richest Writer from Republic of the Congo. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alain Mabanckou 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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. He is best known for his novels and non- fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France. He is among the best known and most successful writers in the French language and one of the best known African writers in France. In some circles in Paris he is known as the Samuel Beckett of Africa. He is also controversial, and criticized by some African and diaspora writers for stating Africans bear responsibility for their own misfortune.

Mabanckou dedicated himself increasingly to writing after the publication of his first novel, Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (Blue-White-Red), which won him the Grand prix littéraire d’Afrique noire in 1999. Since then he has continued to regularly publish prose as well as poetry. His African Psycho, Le Serpent à Plumes (2003) is a novel written from the point of view of Gregoire Nakobomayo, a fictional African serial killer.

(English translation, African Psycho, 2007, London: Serpent’s Tail, 2009)

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(English translation Black Bazaar, London: Serpent’s Tail, 2012)

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Alain Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Republic of the Congo. Alain Mabanckou celebrates birthday on February 24 of every year.

(English translation, Blue White Red, Indiana University Press, 2013)

What is notable works of alain Mabanckou?

Mabanckou is best known for his fiction, notably Verre cassé (Broken Glass) , a comic novel centered on a Congolese former teacher and life in the bar he now frequents. Verre cassé has also been the subject of several theatrical adaptations. It was published in English translation as Broken Glass in 2009.

In what city was alain Mabanckou born?

Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo

Where did Alain mabanckou grow up?

Mabanckou grew up in the port city of Pointe-Noire , the only child of a mother who could not read and a father unfamiliar with fiction. By his own account, he spoke several African languages—Bembé, Laari, Vili, Kamba, Munukutuba (Kituba), and Lingala—before starting school at age six.

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