WRITER

Yambo Ouologuem

1940 - 2017

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Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) was a Malian writer. His first novel, Le devoir de violence (English: Bound to Violence, 1968), won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre (1969), and Les mille et une bibles du sexe (1969) under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yambo Ouologuem has received more than 63,708 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Yambo Ouologuem is the 4,605th most popular writer (up from 4,649th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Mali (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Malian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 64k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Bound to violence
1971
Devoir de violence
Fiction, general
1971
Le devoir de violence
1968
Lettre à la France nègre
Blacks in France, Blacks
1969
Le Devoir de violence
Fiction, historical, general, Africa, fiction, Malian fiction (French)
1968
Bound to Violence
1971

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 4,605 out of 7,302. Before him are Camille Paglia, Wang Guowei, Rodolfo Walsh, Hans Nielsen Hauge, Mordecai Kaplan, and Lalleshwari. After him are Hilde Domin, Gilbert Adair, Karl von Holtei, Walter Anderson, Art Buchwald, and John Piper.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 342. Before him are Souleymane Cissé, Graham Allison, Władysław Komar, John Lewis, Antonella Ragno-Lonzi, and Carole Pateman. After him are Gene Pitney, Lorella De Luca, Jean-Claude Andruet, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Peter Gethin, and Jacques Higelin. Among people deceased in 2017, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 330. Before him are Abdur Rahman Biswas, Giuliano Sarti, Amotz Zahavi, Martin McGuinness, Ángel Berni, and Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton. After him are Míriam Colón, Ezio Pascutti, Rance Howard, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Karl-Erik Nilsson, and Eduard Mudrik.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 20 out of 72. Before him are Dioncounda Traoré (1942), Jean Zerbo (1943), Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900), Seydou Keita (1980), Boubacar Traoré (1942), and Souleymane Cissé (1940). After him are Modibo Keita (1942), Moctar Ouane (1955), Assimi Goïta (1983), Mahamadou Diarra (1981), Choguel Kokalla Maïga (1958), and Malick Sidibé (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Mali

Among writers born in Mali, Yambo Ouologuem ranks 2. Before him are Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900).

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