Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (1968) Winner
Yambo Ouologuem
ヤンボ・ウーログエム
Yambo Ouologuem
Pen Names:
Utto Rodolph（Pseudonym used for the erotic novel Les mille et une bibles du sexe）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-08-22 （Bandiagara）
- Died
- 2017-10-14 （Sévaré） age 77
- Nationality
- Malian
- Languages
- French, English, Spanish
- Religion
- Islam (Tidjaniya)
- Residence History
- Bandiagara, Mali → Bamako, Mali → Paris, France → Sévaré, Mali
Career
- Occupations
- Teacher, Marabout, Director of a youth centre
- Active Years
- 1968-1984
- Influenced
- Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École Normale Supérieure | — | Sociology | 社会学博士 | 1964-1966頃 | France |
École Normale Supérieure
Sociology
Degree:
社会学博士
Period:
1964-1966頃
Country:
France
Doctorate in Sociology.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Prix Renaudot | Le devoir de violence | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix Renaudot
1968
Work:
Le devoir de violence
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Le devoir de violence (Bound to Violence)
1968 Historical fictionDepicts seven centuries of history in central Mali's Dogon region from 1202 to 1947, criticizing African empires, slave trade, colonialism, violence, and eroticism in a postcolonial context.
violenceslave tradecolonialismAfrican historysorcery
Translations
- English: Bound to Violence (1971, tr. Ralph Manheim)
Lettre à la France nègre
1969 EssayA volume of biting essays addressed to 'Black France'.
colonialismAfrican diaspora
Les mille et une bibles du sexe
1969 Erotic novelErotic novel published under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph.
sexparody of religion
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- opulent narrativecadence and music of the prose
- Recurring Motifs
- violenceeroticismsorcery and black magic
Legacy
Despite plagiarism controversy, a landmark of postcolonial African literature. New English edition by Penguin Modern Classics in 2024.
In Popular Culture
- Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (Prix Goncourt 2021) inspired by his experiences.
- Mentioned in the documentary Où est l'Eldorado? (2009).
Trivia
- First African winner of the Prix Renaudot.
- Accused of plagiarizing Graham Greene and André Schwartz-Bart.
- Lived a reclusive Islamic life in Mali in later years.