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Melchior Mbonimpa

1955–

Canada

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Melchior Mbonimpa (born 1955) is a Burundian-Canadian writer. He is most noted for his novel Les morts ne sont pas morts, which won the Prix Christine-Dumitriu-Van-Saanen from the Salon du livre de Toronto in 2006. He was previously a finalist for the same award in 2002 for Le totem des Baranda, and in 2004 for Le dernier roi faiseur de pluie.

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