Alain Mabanckou: Quick Facts

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Born	February 24, 1966 (age 60) • Republic of the Congo
Awards And Honors	Prix Renaudot
Notable Works	“African Psycho” • “Black Bazaar” • “Blue White Red” • “Broken Glass” • “Mémoires de porc-épic” • “The Lights of Pointe-Noire” • “Tomorrow I’ll Be Twenty”

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Congolese poet

Alice Walker smiling and wearing glasses, a beaded necklace, and a burgundy velvet top at the opening of The Color Purple in New York City.

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Margaret Atwood smiling at the camera, wearing a red scarf with butterfly patterns and a black top, in front of an orange background with inspirational words.

Margaret Atwood

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Graham Greene, 1982

Graham Greene

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Colette

Colette

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Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

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Adam Zagajewski

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Jean Cayrol

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Charles Plisnier

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Suzanne Lilar

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Larry Woiwode

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Michel Butor

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Michel Leiris

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Moroccan writer and philosopher

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Reynolds Price

American writer

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Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

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