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Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou (17 July 1929 – 9 October 2012) was Congolese politician, academic, novelist and playwright.[1][2][3] For his abundant and eclectic work his biographers have called him the “Congolese Victor Hugo” and the “baobab of Congolese literature”.[4][5]

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou
Deputy and minister plenipotentiary
In office
1963–1968
Senator
In office
1992–1997
Personal details
Born(1929-07-17)17 July 1929
Kindamba
Died9 October 2012(2012-10-09) (aged 83)
Pontoise
NationalityRepublic of the Congo
OccupationPolitician, writer

Life


Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was born on 17 July 1929 in Kindamba in the Pool department of the Republic of the Congo. He held several doctorates, and taught French and African linguistics and literature in several universities, including the Sorbonne Nouvelle University Paris 3 for 22 years, but also in Ouagadougou, Abidjan, Dakar and Brazzaville.[3]

He was strongly involved in politics, and was a deputy and minister plenipotentiary (1963–1968).[6] After the 1968 coup d'état, he was stripped of Congolese nationality and naturalized as French. He was rehabilitated and regained Congolese nationality in 1991 and joined the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI).[3] He was a senator (1992–1997) and second vice-president of the Senate. He retired from political life after the civil war of 1997.[7] He died on 9 October 2012 at Pontoise hospital in Val-d'Oise, France.


Selected works


Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was the author of about 25 books in a wide range of genres and about fifty articles published in various foreign journals.[3]


Distinctions


Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was a member of the French Academy of Overseas Sciences (Académie des sciences d'outre-mer) and the International Council of the French Language (Conseil international de la langue française).

In 1985 he received the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire for his Introduction to the Study of the French-language Negro-African Novel and the Main Features of Negro-African Poetry.[8] In 1994 he received the Aimé Césaire Literary Prize.[3]


Notes


    1. Nkounkou 2012.
    2. Le professeur Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou.
    3. Obsèques du Professeur...
    4. Mousahoudji-Boussamba & Doctrové Mouanou 2002.
    5. Kodia 2012.
    6. Etsio 2001, p. 212.
    7. Clark & Decalo 2012, p. 267.
    8. Grand prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire.

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    На других языках


    - [en] Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou

    [fr] Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou

    Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou, né le 17 juillet 1929 à Kindamba dans le département du Pool (République du Congo) et mort le 9 octobre 2012 à l'hôpital de Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), est un homme politique, enseignant-chercheur et écrivain congolais, romancier et dramaturge[1]. Son œuvre abondante et éclectique lui vaut d'être présenté par ses biographes comme le « Victor Hugo congolais » [2] ou le « baobab de la littérature congolaise »[3].

    [ru] Макута-Мбуку, Жан-Пьер

    Жан Пьер Макута-Мбуку (17 июля 1929, Киндамба, Французское Конго — 9 октября 2012, Париж) — конголезский писатель, романист, драматург, поэт, литературный критик, философ-марксист, религиовед, политолог, лингвист. Иногда назывался «конголезским Виктором Гюго». Свои произведения писал на французском языке.



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