Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Autor von Tram 83
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Fiston Mwanza Mujila was born in 1981 in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. He studied Literature and Human Services at Lubumbashi University. He writes poems, prose works, and Plays. His debut novel was Tram 83 for which he recieved a French Voices 2014 grant recipient. And it won the mehr anzeigen Grand Prix du Premier Roman des SGDL. His writing also received the Gold Medal at the 6th Jeux de la Francophonie in Beirut as well as the Best Text for Theater (State Theater, Mainz) in 2010. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Mujila, Fiston Mwanza
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- Mujila, Fiston Nasser Mwanza
- Geburtstag
- 1981
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- Nationalität
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Land (für Karte)
- Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Geburtsort
- Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Demokratische Republik Kongo
- Wohnorte
- Graz, Steiermark, Österreich
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- Universität Graz
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- Etisalat Prize for Literature (2015)
Grand Prix of Literary Associations (Belles-Lettres Category, 2016)
International Literature Award (2015)
Gold Medal, 6th Jeux de la Francophonie in Beirut
Preis für das beste Stück, State Theater, Mainz (2010)
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The dialogue between Lucien, a writer, and Requiem, his pal/agent, is flinty.
Jazz blasts from the stage. Scantily-clad waitresses deliver cold beer and liquor to the tables. Prostitutes and their clientele rotate endlessly in the washrooms.
I am reminded of the super-realism of Bulgakov, or Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, or Daniel Dafoe’s London. A funny but nightmarish landscape of broken down institutions, violence, and crooked cops.
It seems only to come alive at night.
I almost expect Anthony Bourdain to pop up with a voice-over “I just happened to meet an old friend along the way to the charming neighbourhood bordellos...”… (mehr)