Ondjaki
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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.
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Vinony files it under 1977 births, 21st-century Angolan writers and 21st-century male writers.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1977
- Works
- 20
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 17
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- Ondjaki in 2012
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- Luanda, Angola
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- Portuguese
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- Post-Colonial Africa
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- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Angola
- Place of birth
- Luanda
- Occupation
- painter
- Educated at
- University of Lisbon
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- drama
- Image
- Ondjaki (2012).JPG
- Work location
- Rio de Janeiro
- Residence
- Rio de Janeiro
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- date of birth
- 1977-07-05
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- Ondjaki
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Encyclopedic overview
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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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