Jean Malonga

Jean Malonga was born on 25 February 1907 in Kibouendé, in the Middle Congo. A nurse in Brazzaville and self-taught, he entered politics and sat from 1948 to 1955 in the Council of the Republic, the Senate of the time, for French Equatorial Africa. He made his debut as a writer in the journal Liaison, published two novels in Paris and, in the Congo, collections of legends. He is regarded as the doyen of the writers of his country. He died in 1985.

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• NovelCœur d'AryenneJean Malonga · 1953not translated into EnglishLiterature