Actor · Director
Born Feb 24, 1966 · Pointe-Noire, Congo
Active 2022–present · Awards: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Prix Renaudot, Prix RFO du livre, Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie, Grand Prix de Littérature Henri Gal, Prince Pierre Award, Officer of Arts and Letters, Georges Brassens Prize
Alain Mabanckou (born 24 February 1966) is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA.