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Yambo Ouologuem
Malian writer (1940–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017)[1] was a Malian writer. His first novel, Le devoir de violence (English: Bound to Violence, 1968), won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre (1969), and Les mille et une bibles du sexe (1969) under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph. Le devoir de violence was initially well-received, but critics later charged that Ouologuem had plagiarized passages from Graham Greene and other established authors such as André Schwartz-Bart. Ouologuem turned away from the Western press as a result of the matter, and remained reclusive for the rest of his life.
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Born | (1940-08-22)August 22, 1940 Bandiagara, Mali |
Died | October 14, 2017(2017-10-14) (aged 77) Sévaré, Mali |
Pen name | Utto Rodolph |
Occupation | Teacher, Marabout |
Nationality | Malian |
Citizenship | Malian |
Education | Doctorate of Sociology |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure, Paris |
Period | 1968–1984 |
Genre | Historical fiction, Essay, Poetry |
Notable works | Le devoir de violence (1968) Lettre à la France nègre (1969) Les mille et une bibles du sexe (1969) |
Notable awards | Prix Renaudot 1968 'Le devoir de violence' |
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