Alain Mabanckou

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Person
gptkbp:active_years 1993-present
gptkbp:associated_with Literary movement of postcolonial literature
gptkbp:award gptkb:Prix_Renaudot
gptkb:Grand_Prix_de_la_Littérature_d'_Afrique_noire
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Prix_de_l'_Académie_française
gptkb:Prix_de_la_Littérature_de_l'_Union_européenne
gptkb:Prix_des_Cinq_Continents_de_la_Francophonie
gptkb:Prix_du_Livre_Inter
Prix de la Critique littéraire
gptkbp:birth_date February 24, 1966
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Congo-Brazzaville
gptkbp:children gptkb:3
gptkbp:contribution Promoting African literature globally
gptkbp:cultural_aspect gptkb:French
Congolese
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_the_Witwatersrand
gptkb:University_of_Angers
gptkbp:famous_quote " I write to understand myself."
gptkbp:field gptkb:literature
gptkbp:genre Literary fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alain Mabanckou
gptkbp:influenced Contemporary African literature
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Albert_Camus
gptkb:Jean-Paul_Sartre
gptkb:Wole_Soyinka
gptkb:Ngũgĩ_wa_Thiong'o
gptkbp:involved_in Cultural criticism
gptkbp:known_for Exploring themes of identity and diaspora
gptkbp:language gptkb:French
gptkbp:narrative_style gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkb:Surrealism
Satire
Magical realism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:African_Psycho
gptkb:Black_Moses
gptkb:The_Memoirs_of_a_Porcupine
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Los_Angeles
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie_Mabanckou
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:Dutch
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:website http://www.alainmabanckou.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prix_Goncourt
gptkb:Éditions_Verdier
gptkb:Man_Booker_International_Prize
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5