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René Maran (5 November 1887 – 9 May 1960) was a French poet and novelist, and the first black writer to win the French Prix Goncourt (in 1921). Biography.
Batouala was written by René Maran, French Guyanese poet, in 1921. It centers on the life of the chieftain Batouala, and his attempts to stop a younger man from courting one of his nine wives. [ 2 ] It is a series of sketches that show the life of the Bandas including food and celebrations and describes how they live in a continuous cycle with ...
René Maran (1887–1960) Georges Bernanos (1888–1948) Adrien Bertrand (1888–1917) Henri Bosco (1888–1976) Pierre Drieu La Rochelle (1893–1945), author of Gilles and The Fire Within; Louis Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961), author of Journey to the End of the Night and Death on the Installment Plan or Mort à Crédit; Rose Celli (1895–1982)
In 1921, Rene Maran won the Goncourt with Batouala, veritable roman negre, the first French novel to openly criticize European colonialism in Africa. [11] The novel caused "violent reactions" and was banned in all the French colonies.
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“Rene Angélil, 73, passed away this morning at his home in Las Vegas after a long and courageous battle against cancer,” Dion’s rep said in a statement. “The family requests that their ...
Maran is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Arnold Maran (1937–2017), Scottish otorhynolaryngologist
Kojo Tovalou Houénou (born Marc Tovalou Quénum; 25 April 1887 – 13 July 1936) was a prominent African critic of the French colonial empire in Africa. Born in Porto-Novo (a French protectorate in present-day Benin) to a wealthy father and a mother who belonged to the royal family of the Kingdom of Dahomey, he was sent to France for education at the age of 13.