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Dinaw Mengestu

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Dinaw Mengestu was born in Ethiopia in 1978 and is a graduate of Georgetown and Columbia universities. His 2007 debut novel, Children of the Revolution, won the Guardian First Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2010, he was included in the New Yorker's '20 Under 40' list of writers to watch.

Books by Dinaw Mengestu

How to Read the Air

The eagerly anticipated follow-up from the acclaimed author of Children of the Revolution, winner of the 2007 Guardian First Book Award.

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Children of the Revolution

A haunting debut by gifted young Ethiopian-American author and winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2007

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