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Memorial Page for Ahmadou Kourouma

Nov 24, 1927 – Dec 11, 2003(76 years)Died in:Bron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Ivorian writer

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Biography

Birthplace

Boundiali, Ivory Coast

Place of Death

Bron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Occupation

writer

Nationality

Ivory Coast

Awards(9)

Prix Goncourt des LycéensPrix RenaudotGrand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noireAmerigo Vespucci prizePrix du Livre Interprize Maillé Latour LandryGrand prix Jean-GionoPrix TropiquesPrize of the Magazine Études françaises

Ahmadou Kourouma (* November 24, 1927 in Boundiali; † December 11, 2003 in Bron) was an ivorian writer. He was 76 years old. He received 9 awards, including Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, Prix Renaudot.

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Born in Boundiali, Ivory Coast

1927

Prize of the Magazine Études françaises

1968

prize Maillé Latour Landry

1970

Le soleil des indépendances

Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire

1990

Prix Tropiques

1998

Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote

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1998

Prix du Livre Inter

1999

Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote

Prix Goncourt des Lycéens

2000

Allah Is Not Obliged

Prix Renaudot

2000

Allah Is Not Obliged

Amerigo Vespucci prize

2000

Allah Is Not Obliged

Grand prix Jean-Giono

2000

Allah Is Not Obliged

Died in Bron, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

2003

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Ahmadou Kourouma. Forever remembered.