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Yambo Ouologuem


Born
in Bandiagara, Mali
August 22, 1940

Died
October 14, 2017

Genre
Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction


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; he also wrote some poetry published in some journals and anthologies. Le devoir de violence was initially well-received, but critics later charged that Ouologuem had plagiarized passages from Graham Greene and other established authors. 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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Average rating: 3.46 · 444 ratings · 74 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors
Bound to Violence
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3.45 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1968 — 25 editions
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Antologia poezji afrykańskiej
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4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1974
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The Yambo Ouologuem Reader:...
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3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Lettre à la France nègre
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Nouvelles du Mali: Récits d...
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