Yambo Ouologuem was a Malian writer. His first novel, Le devoir de violence, won the Prix Renaudot. He later published Lettre à la France nègre, and Les mille et une bibles du sexe under the pseudonym Utto Rodolph. Wikipedia
Born: August 22, 1940, Bandiagara, Mali
Died: October 14, 2017 (age 77 years), Sevare, Mali
Genre: Historical fiction, Essay, Poetry
Notable works: Le devoir de violence (1968); Lettre à la France nègre (1969); Les mille et une bibles du sexe (1969)