Alain Mabanckou

Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a writer. He is a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo.

His first novel was published in 1998. Mabanckou's work has been published in fifteen languages. His non-fiction books talk about Africa and the African diaspora in France."Alain Mabanckou, l'enfant noir". "G.L.", Le Nouvel Observateur, 19 August 2010.

Mabanckou is a Professor of Literature at UCLA.

 Early Life 
Alain Mabanckou  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.

 Awards 

 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

Category:1966 births
Category:Living people
Category:French novelists
Category:Republic of the Congo people
Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty