Imbolo Mbue
Imbolo Mbue is a Cameroonian American novelist and short story writer based in New York City. She is known for her debut novel Behold the Dreamers (2016), which garnered her the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Blue Metropolis Words to Change Award. Her works draw from her own experiences as an immigrant, as well as the experiences of other immigrants.
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- United States
- Educated at
- Rutgers University
- Awards
- 🏆 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction🏆 Blue Metropolis🏆 OkayAfrica 100 Women🏆 Q109315176
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1981
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