Mongo Beti: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Eza Boto • Alexandre Biyidi-Awala
Born	June 30, 1932 • Mbalmayo • Cameroon
Died	October 8, 2001 (aged 69) • Douala • Cameroon
Notable Works	“Les Deux Mères de Guillaume Ismael Dzewatama, futur camionneur” • “Main Basse sur le Cameroun” • “Mission Accomplished” • “Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness” • “Remember Ruben” • “The Poor Christ of Bomba”
Movement / Style	Negritude

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Mario Vargas Llosa

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Scottish novelist

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Jesmyn Ward

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Mulk Raj Anand

Indian author

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.

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Czesław Miłosz

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Simone de Beauvoir

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Martin Amis

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Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

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Italo Calvino

Italian author

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Sir Stephen Spender

English poet

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Mexican writer and statesman

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Micah Joseph Berdichevsky

Russian author

Davies, Robertson

Robertson Davies

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Muriel Spark

British writer

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South African writer