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Ndalu de Almeida (born July 5,1977) is a writer born in Angola who uses the pen name Ondjaki. He has written poetry, children's books, short stories, novels, drama and film scripts.

Ndalu de Almeida
Ondjaki in 2012
Born (1977-07-05) 5 July 1977 (age 45)
Luanda, Angola
Pen nameOndjaki
OccupationWriter
LanguagePortuguese
PeriodPost-Colonial Africa
Notable worksOs Transparentes
Notable awardsPrémio Literário António Paulouro (2005)

Grande Prémio de Conto Camilo Castelo Branco (2007)
Grinzane for Africa Prize (2008)
Prémio Jabuti de Literatura (2010)
Prémio José Saramago de 2013

Prémio Littérature-Monde (2016)

Career


Ondjaki studied sociology at the University of Lisbon, and wrote his thesis on Angolan writer Luandino Vieira. In 2010, he received his Doctorate in African Studies in Italy. Ondjaki's literary debut came in 2000 with the poetry book Actu Sanguíneu, which was followed up with the childhood memoir Bom dia camaradas ("Good Morning, Comrades") in 2001. To date (2018) his body of work includes five novels, four collections of short stories, six collections of poetry and six children's books. He has also made a documentary film, May Cherries Grow, about his native city. His books have been translated to French, Spanish, Italian, German, Serbian, English, Polish and Swedish. Granma Nineteen and the Soviet's Secrets is his most recent book in English (Spring 2014, from Biblioasis).

In 2008 Ondjaki was awarded the Grinzane for Africa Prize in the category of Best Young Writer. In 2012, he was named by Zukiswa Wanner in The Guardian as one of the "top five African writers" (alongside Léonora Miano, H. J. Golakai, Chika Unigwe and Thando Mgqolozana).[1] He is one of 39 writers aged under 40 from sub-Saharan Africa who in April 2014 were chosen as part of the Hay Festival's prestigious Africa39 project.[2]

In October 2010 he won the Brazilian award Premio Jabuti de Literatura, in the juvenile category, with the book AvóDezanove e o Segredo do Soviético. In 2013 he was awarded the José Saramago Prize for his novel Os Transparentes.


Awards and recognition



Works in translation



Bibliography



References


  1. Wanner, Zukiswa (6 September 2012). "Zukiswa Wanner's top five African writers". The Guardian.
  2. List of writers, Africa39, Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts.
  3. Marco Rodrigo Almeida (29 May 2010). "Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura divulga finalistas". Folha de S.Paulo. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  4. "Hay Festival". www.hayfestival.com. Retrieved 28 July 2017.



На других языках

- [en] Ondjaki

[fr] Ondjaki

Ondjaki est le pseudonyme de l'écrivain et réalisateur angolais Ndalu de Almeida, né à Luanda le 5 juillet 1977. Il est l'auteur de romans, de nouvelles, de recueils de poèmes et d'ouvrage de littérature d'enfance et de jeunesse. Il a aussi réalisé un documentaire sur sa ville natale.

[ru] Онджаки

Онджаки, собственно Ндалу ди Алмейда (порт. Ondjaki, Ndalu de Almeida, 1977, Луанда) – ангольский писатель.


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