Congolese writer (born 1981)
Fiston Nasser Mwanza Mujila (born 1981 in Lubumbashi ) is a Congolese writer. He lives in Graz, Austria , where he teaches African literature.[ 1]
Biography
Fiston Mwanza Mujila was the recipient of the gold medal for literature at the 2009 Francophone Games in Lebanon for his text "The Night".[ 2] [ 3]
In 2014, Mujila's debut novel, Tram 83 , was published by Éditions Métailié to considerable acclaim. In autumn 2015, an English translation (by Roland Glasser ) of Tram 83 was published by Deep Vellum Publishing in Dallas , Texas , and received widespread praise.[ 4] This translation was also published by Jacaranda Books in the UK and Scribe in Australia and New Zealand . Other translations of Tram 83 have appeared in Italian , Catalan , Dutch , Swedish , Spanish and German . Mujila lives in Graz , Austria .
Mujila was awarded the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature on 19 March 2016 for Tram 83 ,[ 5] the novel having earlier been announced on the longlist for the Man Booker International Prize ,[ 6] [ 7] and awarded the Grand Prix of Literary Associations (Belles-Lettres Category) on 26 February 2016.[ 8] He won the German International Literature Award for Tram 83 .[ 1]
In 2024, the English translation by Roland Glasser of his 2020 novel, La Danse du Vilain , was longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature .[ 9]
Bibliography
Le Fleuve dans le Ventre / Der Fluß im Bauch , poèmes, bilingual edn, translated into German by Ludwig Hartinger, published in Ottensheim an der Donau, Austria by Édition Thanhäuser, 2013 , 114 pp. (ISBN 978-3-900986-79-7 )[ 10]
Tram 83 , Novel, Deep Vellum Publishing (Dallas), 2015, 224 pp. (ISBN 1-941920-04-7 )[ 11] [ 12]
Et les moustiques sont des fruits à pépins and Te voir dressé sur tes deux pattes ne fait que mettre de l’huile au feu , Play, Manage, Belgique, Éditions Lansman, 2015 , 86 pp. (39 & 36) (ISBN 978-2-8071-0046-6 )
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