Fiston Mwanza Mujila
Fiston Nasser Mwanza Mujila 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 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.
The 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature was awarded to Mujila on 19 March 2016 for Tram 83, having earlier been announced on the longlist for the Man Booker International Prize, and awarded the Grand Prix of Literary Associations on 26 February 2016. He won the German International Literature Award for Tram 83.
