| LC control no. | n 50009106 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PQ3989.2.B45 |
| Personal name heading | Mongo Beti, 1932-2001 |
| Variant(s) | Awala, Alexandre Biyidi, 1932-2001 Beti, Mongo, 1932-2001 Biyidi, Alexandre, 1932-2001 Biyidi-Awala, Alexandre, 1932-2001 Boto, Eza, 1932-2001 Eza Boto, 1932-2001 |
| Associated country | Cameroon France |
| Birth date | 1932-06-30 |
| Death date | 2001 |
| Place of birth | M'Balmayo (Cameroon) |
| Place of death | Douala (Cameroon) |
| Field of activity | Fiction |
| Profession or occupation | Authors, Black Novelists Essayists |
| Found in | Author's Le pauvre Christ de Bomba, 1956. Perpétue et l'habitude du malheur, c2003: p. 4 of cover (Mongo Beti, 1932-2001) Gale Literature Resource Center WWW Site, 1 Aug. 2008: French authors page (variant name Alexandre Biyidi-Awala) Bibliothèque nationale de France, March 4, 2014 (hdg.: Mongo Beti, 1932-2001 ; b.: June 30, 1932, Mbalmayo (Cameroon) ; d.: July 10, 2001, Douala (Cameroon) ; nat.: Cameroon ; His real name Alexander Biyidi Awala, novelist under the pseudonym Mongo Beti (pseudonym meaning "boy with Beti ethnicity"); wrote also under the pseudonym "Eza Boto", meaning "others' people"; professor of literature at College Corneille de Rouen (1990)) Mongo Beti, un écrivain engagé, 2013: page 11 (died in the night of Oct. 6-7, 2001, in the hospital of Douala) Encyclopaedia Britannica online, viewed May 19, 2015 (Mongo Beti; Cameroonian novelist and political essayist; d. Oct. 8, 2001, Douala) Mongo Beti, 2015: title page (Mongo Beti) |
| Associated language | fre |
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