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November 11, 2021

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s The Most Secret Memory of Men Borrows from the Life of Malian Novelist Yambo Ouologuem

Published in French as La plus secrete memoire des homes, it won the Prix Goncourt and was hailed as “a hymn to literature.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr book - La plus secrete memoire des hommes - credit to Librairie Aux 4 VentsMohamed Mbougar Sarr book - La plus secrete memoire des hommes - credit to Librairie Aux 4 Vents

November 9, 2021

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Wins the Prix Goncourt, for The Most Secret Memory of Men

The Senegalese novelist becomes the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to get France’s most prestigious literary prize—exactly 100 years after its first Black winner.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Portrait of Mohamed Mbougar Sarr © Patrice NORMAND/Leextra.

June 4, 2021

David Diop Wins International Booker Prize for Story of Senegalese Soldiers During WWI

Inspired by his grandfather, At Night All Blood Is Black takes place at the French front. Diop will share the £50,000 with his translator Anna Moschovakis.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
David Diop by Joel Saget, AFP.

November 11, 2021

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr book - La plus secrete memoire des hommes - credit to Librairie Aux 4 VentsMohamed Mbougar Sarr book - La plus secrete memoire des hommes - credit to Librairie Aux 4 Vents

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s The Most Secret Memory of Men Borrows from the Life of Malian Novelist Yambo Ouologuem

Published in French as La plus secrete memoire des homes, it won the Prix Goncourt and was hailed as “a hymn to literature.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

November 9, 2021

Portrait of Mohamed Mbougar Sarr © Patrice NORMAND/Leextra.

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr Wins the Prix Goncourt, for The Most Secret Memory of Men

The Senegalese novelist becomes the first writer from sub-Saharan Africa to get France’s most prestigious literary prize—exactly 100 years after its first Black winner.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

June 4, 2021

David Diop by Joel Saget, AFP.

David Diop Wins International Booker Prize for Story of Senegalese Soldiers During WWI

Inspired by his grandfather, At Night All Blood Is Black takes place at the French front. Diop will share the £50,000 with his translator Anna Moschovakis.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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