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About Tierno Monénembo

Birth

1947

First book

1993

Years writing

33

Thierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo, is a Francophone Guinean novelist and biochemist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973. He has written eight books in all and was awarded the 2008 prix Renaudot for The King of Kahel.

Tierno Monénembo was born in 1947 in the Guinean town of Porédaka.

He is a renowned novelist whose work deeply explores history and fiction.

Among his most notable titles are The King of Kahel and The Black Terrorist.

His bibliography includes ten works that navigate between general narrative and historical fiction.

His literary style has established him as one of the most relevant voices in Guinean literature.