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Alain Mabanckou

1966 - Today

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Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France, including Broken Glass (2005) and the Prix Renaudot-winning Memoirs of a Porcupine (2006). He is among the best known and most successful writers in the French language, and one of the best known African writers in France. In some circles in Paris he is known as "the Samuel Beckett of Africa". Mabanckou is also controversial, and has been criticized by some African and diaspora writers for stating that Africans bear responsibility for their own misfortune. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Alain Mabanckou is the 6,242nd most popular writer (down from 6,052nd in 2024), the 15th most popular biography from Republic of the Congo (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Writer.

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Among writers, Alain Mabanckou ranks 6,242 out of 7,302. Before him are Jane Smiley, Anne Fine, Sarah Trimmer, Roddy Doyle, Irena Krzywicka, and Jānis Akuraters. After him are Rami Saari, Birger Sjöberg, Owen Barfield, Philippa Boyens, Dannie Abse, and William Roscoe.

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Among people born in 1966, Alain Mabanckou ranks 395. Before him are Rim Banna, Abbas Nilforoushan, Finn Christian Jagge, Akiyoshi Yoshida, Chai Ling, and Gem Archer. After him are Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lionel Charbonnier, Robert Del Naja, Larisa Neiland, Maurizio Gaudino, and Dimitri Konyshev.

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In Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Republic of the Congo, Alain Mabanckou ranks 15 out of 21. Before him are Clément Mouamba (1943), Patience Dabany (1941), Alfred Raoul (1938), Djimrangar Dadnadji (1954), Emmanuel Nadingar (1951), and Isidore Mvouba (1954). After him are Aurlus Mabélé (1953), Lobilo Boba (1950), Edith Lucie Bongo (1964), Serge Ibaka (1989), Delvin N'Dinga (1988), and Lorène Bazolo (1983).

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Among writers born in Republic of the Congo, Alain Mabanckou ranks 1. 

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