Berlin Fellowship 2017 — Literature
Fiston Mwanza Mujila
1981
born in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2014–2016
Drama Forum, theatre studies and training, uniT – Verein für Kultur at the Karl-Franzens Universität Graz
2011–
Doctoral studies on African Literature, Institut für Romanistik, Karl-Franzens Universität, Graz
2005–2007
Doctoral studies, Institute for “Lettres et Sciences Humaines” (Literature and the Humanities) University of Lubumbashi (UNILU)
2002–2005
Bachelor's degree, Institute for “Lettres et Sciences Humaines” (Literature and the Humanities), University of Lubumbashi
Fiston Mwanza Mujila lives in Graz, Austria.
// Fellowships, Grants, Awards (selection)
2016
Etisalat Prize for Literature, Africa
Nomination for the Man Booker International Prize
ORF, best list in August, September and October
SWR, best list in September
2015
French Voices Award, USA
PEN Translates Award, English PEN, Great Britain
2014
Literaturförderungspreis 2014 (grant to promote literature) from the city of Graz, Austria
Grand Prix SGDL du Premier Roman, France
Playwright fellowship from the Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur (BMUKK), Vienna, Austria
2013
Nomination for the Retzhofer Dramapreis, Graz, Austria
2012
Marietta Blau-Stipendium (grant) of the Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMWFW), Vienna, Austria
2010
Award for the best theatre work, Text trifft Regie, at the Staatstheater Mainz, Germany
2009
Gold Medal for Literature, Festival de la Francophonie, Beirut, Lebanon
2009–2010
Stadtschreiber von Graz (Austrian literature prize), Graz, Austria
2008
Fellowship, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
// World Premieres, Performances, Publications (selection)
2013
World premiere of Mücken sind Kernobst / Requiem für eine Revolution at the Theater am Lend, Graz, Austria
2012
Performance of Gott ist ein Deutscher, performed by La Strada in Graz, Austria
2011
World premiere of Eine Fahrt ans Mittelmeer at the Staatstheater Mainz, Germany
// List of Works, Filmography (selection)
2016
Soleil en panne d’essence, poetry volume, L’Arbre à paroles, Belgium
2015
Et les moustiques sont des fruits à pépins/Te voir dressé sur tes deux pattes ne fait que mettre de l’huile au feu, Theater, Éditions Lansman, Belgium
2014
Tram 83, novel, Editions Métailié, France
2013
Le Fleuve dans le Ventre / Der Fluss im Bauch, poetry volume, Edition Thanhäuser, Austria
2011
Craquelures, poetry volume, L’Arbre à paroles, Belgium
2010
Nach dem Sturm, anthology of texts by “authors” at the Graz-Karlau and Garsten prisons, together with the author’s own works, Leykam Verlag
2008
Poèmes et rêvasseries, poetry volume, Lingua Editiones, Spain