Alain Mabanckou, a novelist and poet from Congo-Brazzaville now living in California, pays tribute [1] (Fr) to Polish-Jewish writer André Schwarz-Bart [2], author of Le Dernier de justes who passed away last weekend. Schwarz-Bart, who grew up in France during the German occupation, lived in Guadeloupe with his wife, writer Simone Schwarz-Bart.
Congolese Writer Alain Mabanckou on André Schwarz-Bart
· Written by Jennifer Brea
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