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Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou

1929 – 2012

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Lived 1929 – 2012 (aged 83). Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was a Congolese politician and writer.

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

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.

He was strongly involved in politics, and was a deputy and minister plenipotentiary (1963–1968). 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). He was a senator (1992–1997) and second vice-president of the Senate. He retired from political life after the civil war of 1997. 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. La Lèpre du roi : tragédie en deux actes, 1968 (concours théâtral interafricain 1968) Un Ministre nègre à Paris : comédie en trois actes, 1968 (concours théâtral interafricain 1968) Les Initiés, CLE, 1970 Introduction à la littérature noire, CLE, 1970 (textes de cours et conférences donnés à Brazzaville entre 1963 et 1966) En quête de la liberté, ou, Une vie d'espoir : roman, CLE, 1970 L'âme bleue : poèmes, CLE, 1971 Le français en Afrique noire : histoire et méthodes de l'enseignement du français en Afrique noire, Bordas, 1973 Réinterprétation morpho-phonique des emprunts français en langue téké de Manianga, Université Paris 3, 1973 (thèse de 3e cycle) Cantate de l'ouvrier : poème, P.-J. Oswald, 1974 Les exilés de la forêt vierge, ou, Le grand complot : roman, P.-J. Oswald, 1974 Jacques Roumain : essai sur la signification spirituelle et religieuse de son œuvre, Université Paris 4, 1975 (thèse) Étude descriptive du fúmú, dialecte téké de Ngamaba, Brazzaville, Université Paris 3, 1977 (thèse d'État) Introduction à l'étude du roman négro-africain de langue française : problèmes culturels et littéraires, Nouvelles éditions africaines, Abidjan, 1980 ... Et l'homme triompha !, Fondation du Prix mondial de la Paix, Paris, 1983 Spiritualités et cultures dans la prose romanesque et la poésie négro-africaine (de l'oralité à l'écriture) , Nouvelles éditions africaines, Abidjan, 1983 Les dents du destin, Nouvelles éditions africaines, Abidjan, Dakar, Lomé, 1984 Les grands traits de la poésie négro-africaine : histoire poétiques significations, Nouvelles éditions africaines, Abidjan, Dakar, Lomé, 1985 Lettre à la nation africaine pour que s'impose l'humanisme nègre, Fondation du Prix mondial de la Paix, Paris, 1986 L'homme aux pataugas : roman, L'Harmattan, 1992 Les littératures de l'exil : des textes sacrés aux œuvres profanes : étude comparative, L'Harmattan, 1993 Enfers et paradis des littératures antiques aux littératures nègres : illustration comparée de deux mondes surnaturels, H. Champion, 1996 La destruction de Brazzaville ou La démocratie guillotinée, L'Harmattan, 1996 Systèmes, théories et méthodes comparés en critique littéraire, vol. I, Des poétiques antiques à la critique moderne; vol. II, Des nouvelles critiques à l'éclectisme négro-africain, L'Harmattan, 2003 Le contestant ou un pasteur chez les Carmélites, L'Harmattan, 2006

Distinctions

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was a member of the French 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. In 1994 he received the Aimé Césaire Literary Prize.

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Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of the Congo

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou?

Teacher, political researchers, dramatist, novelist

When was Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou born?

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was born on 17 July 1929 in Kindamba.

When did Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou die?

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou died on 8 October 2012 in Pontoise.

What was Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou's occupation?

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was a politician and writer.

What nationality was Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou?

Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou was Congolese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean-Pierre Makouta-Mboukou

· Wikidata: Q16673607

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