At just 31 years old, Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (pictured) has won France's top literary prize, the Goncourt, for his book "'The Most Secret Memory of Men". Sarr has been applauded for his elegant literary style, creating a labyrinthine ode to literature that embraces France, Senegal, 20th-century history and the artistic conundrum of plagiarism. We take a closer look.
As the novel's protagonist goes in search of an elusive and disgraced author, the young author has revealed that he found himself fascinated by an equally mysterious writer. Malian writer Yambo Ouologuem was dogged by accusations of plagiarism in the 1970s and disappeared from the literary scene. Sarr has drawn on his own quest for knowledge about Ouologuem for this award-winning account.
