Ondjaki

Also known as Ndalu de Almeida

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.

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Born: 1977
Works: 20

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4 total works indexed

Extrait de O Livro do Deslembramento
· 2021 · cited 2x
Let’s Share the Dream: Stories for Children in Angola
· 2009
Oralidade e escrita: dançar com as palavras quietas
· 2007
El cielo no sabe bailar solo
· 2018

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Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.birth_place: Luanda, Angola
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.occupation: Writer
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.language: Portuguese
Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.period: Post-Colonial Africa
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Writer <! for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] >.awards: Prémio Literário António Paulouro (2005) Grande Prémio de Conto Camilo Castelo Branco (2007) Grinzane for Africa Prize (2008) Prémio Jabuti de Literatura (2010) José Saramago Prize (2013) Prémio Littérature-Monde (2016)

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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.

==Career== Ondjaki studied sociology at the University of Luanda, and wrote his thesis on Angolan writer Luandino Vieira. In 1999, he received his Doctorate in African Studies. 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 (2024) 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. ''Grandma Nineteen and the Soviets' Secrets is his most recent book in English (Spring 2014).

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