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Batouala is a 1921 novel by French writer René Maran, which follows an African chieftain named Batouala over a few days of his life. The novel won the...

inspired to write L'Aube rouge as his first novel in 1925 after reading the Prix Goncourt-winning Batouala by René Maran, to whom L'Aube rouge is dedicated...

experience there that was the basis for many of his novels, including Batouala: A True Black Novel, which won the Prix Goncourt. W. E. B. Du Bois applauded...

the Goncourt with Batouala, veritable roman negre, the first French novel to openly criticize European colonialism in Africa. The novel caused "violent...

end-of-studies certificate. He was then assigned as an assistant teacher in Batouala in the Ogooué-Ivindo province in northeastern Gabon. On January 1, 1958...

sans fard. René Maran: novelist awarded the prix Goncourt in 1921 for Batouala, Un homme pareil aux autres Georges Mauvois: novelist, playwright he won...

country of Nigeria due to the small print run and high price of his first novel. 1960 – Heinemann Educational Books (HEB) is set up as a separate company...

Romance to the Rescue Compton Mackenzie – Rich Relatives René Maran – Batouala L. M. Montgomery – Rilla of Ingleside George Moore – Heloise and Abelard...

1989ff.; 3. Erg.-Lfg. November 1989). See Véronique Porra, "Autour du Batouala de René Maran en Allemagne: intégration idéologique de discours littéraires...