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Nov 06, 1966 Malabo, Insular Region, Equatorial Guinea 57 years old
Equatoguinean writer
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About Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
- Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel (born 6 November 1966) is an Equatoguinean author and activist.
- His parents were from the remote Annobón Island, off the West African coast.
- For many years Ávila Laurel was one of the best known authors from Equatorial Guinea who opted not to live in exile.
- He has been a constant thorn in the side of his country’s long-standing dictatorial government, engaging in protest and political activism. His first novel to be published in English, By Night the Mountain Burns (And Other Stories, 2014), was shortlisted for the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and is based on his time growing up on Annobón.
- The Gurugu Pledge, his second novel to appear in English, was published by And Other Stories in 2017. Ávila Laurel made headlines in 2011 by embarking on an anti-government hunger strike, and now lives in exile in Barcelona.
