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Yambo Ouologuem

1940 - 2017

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Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yambo Ouologuem is the 5,232nd most popular writer (down from 4,605th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Mali (down from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Malian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 5,232 out of 7,302. Before him are Charlotte Casiraghi, F. Sionil José, Nestor Kukolnik, José María de Pereda, Damon Knight, and Gilbert Adair. After him are Marie Noël, Frank Heller, Yann Martel, Abbas Sahhat, John Antoine Nau, and Adolf Born.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 421. Before him are Jean Clair, Annemarie Zimmermann, Jaak Lipso, Héctor Silva, Ghulam Ali, and Friedel Rausch. After him are Donna Mills, Dorrit Willumsen, John Finnis, Taylor Wang, Mahmoud Dowlatabadi, and Marju Lauristin. Among people deceased in 2017, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 407. Before him are Terele Pávez, Andrey Zaliznyak, Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Buchi Emecheta, Santiago Vernazza, and Friedel Rausch. After him are Roy Dotrice, Pancho Segura, Alina Janowska, Armand Gatti, Dina Merrill, and Paavo Lonkila.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 22 out of 72. Before him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900), Seydou Keita (1980), Salif Keïta (1946), Modibo Keita (1942), Boubacar Traoré (1942), and Camila Alves (1983). After him are Malick Sidibé (1935), Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé (1948), Mahamadou Diarra (1981), Toumani Diabaté (1965), Modibo Sidibé (1952), and Moctar Ouane (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Mali

Among writers born in Mali, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 2. Before him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900).

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