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Fiston Mwanza Mujila © Leonhard Hilzensauer Paul Zsolnay Verlag
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Fiston Mwanza Mujila (b. 1981 in Lubumbashi, Dem. Rep. Congo) lives in Graz, where he was City Writer in 2009-2010. He writes poetry, prose and plays and teaches African Literature at the University of Graz. Tram 83 is his first novel, for which he has already received many prizes, including the International Literature Prize – Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2017. “Fiston Mwanza Mujila’s debut novel will sweep you off your feet!” (Rolling Stone).
Publications:
Poèmes et rêvasseries, Linkgua Ediciones: Barcelona 2009
Craquelures. Poems, L'Arbre à paroles: Amay 2011
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
Tram 83, Éditions Métailié: Paris 2014
Et les moustiques sont des fruits à pépins & Te voir dressé sur tes deux pattes ne fait que mettre de l’huile au feu. Dramas, Éditions Lansman 2015
Tram 83, Novel, Dallas, Deep Vellum Publishing, 2015