Fiston Mwanza Mujila

Fiston Nasser Mwanza Mujila (born 1981 in Lubumbashi) is a Congolese writer. He lives in Graz, Austria, where he teaches African literature.

Biography Fiston Mwanza Mujila was the recipient of the gold medal for literature at the 2009 Francophone Games in Lebanon for his text "The Night".

In 2014, Mujila's debut novel, Tram 83, was published by Éditions Métailié to considerable acclaim. In autumn 2015, an English translation (by Roland Glasser) of Tram 83 was published by Deep Vellum Publishing in Dallas, Texas, and received widespread praise. This translation was also published by Jacaranda Books in the UK and Scribe in Australia and New Zealand. Other translations of Tram 83 have appeared in Italian, Catalan, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish and German. Mujila lives in Graz, Austria.

Mujila was awarded the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature on 19 March 2016 for Tram 83, the novel having earlier been announced on the longlist for the Man Booker International Prize, and awarded the Grand Prix of Literary Associations (Belles-Lettres Category) on 26 February 2016. He won the German International Literature Award for Tram 83.