Imbolo Mbue
Cameroonian writer · Cameroon · On the map · Writers · Born 1982 · age 44
Imbolo Mbue is a Cameroonian American novelist and short story writer based in New York City. She is known for her debut novel Behold the Dreamers (2016), which garnered her the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Award.
Imbolo Mbue is read about 46 times a day, in 10 languages.
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Her works draw from her own experiences as an immigrant, as well as the experiences of other immigrants.
Country
Cameroon
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
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Born 1982 · age 44
