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Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry, born 25 December 1956 in Moundou,[1] is a Chadian and Swiss writer.
Biography edit
Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry grew up in Moundou, Chad. He studied mathematics and settled in Switzerland, where he worked as a computer scientist. His first novel, Sang de kola, was published in 1999.[2]
In 2017, he won the Grand Prix littéraire national du Tchad for his body of work.[3]
In 2022, in an interview with Le Monde, Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry cited the following works that had an impact on him: Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire, The Suns of Independence by Ahmadou Kourouma, Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez and An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races by Arthur de Gobineau.[4]
Works edit
Novels edit
- Sang de kola (L'Harmattan, 1999)
- Chroniques tchadiennes (Infolio, 2008)
- Mosso (Infolio, 2011)
- Au petit bonheur la brousse (Hélice Hélas, 2019)
- Il n'y a pas d'arc-en-ciel au paradis (Hélice Hélas, 2022)
Short story collections edit
- La descente aux enfers (1993)[5]
- La minute mongole (2014)
Awards and honors edit
- 2017: Grand Prix littéraire national du Tchad
- 2022: Prix Hors Concours, for Il n'y a pas d'arc-en-ciel au paradis[6]
- 2022: Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire, for Il n'y a pas d'arc-en-ciel au paradis
- 2023: Prix Lettres frontière, for Il n'y a pas d'arc-en-ciel au paradis
References edit
- ^ "Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry sur Rentrée littéraire du Mali". rentreelitterairedumali.org. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ "Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry sur viceversalittérature". viceversalitterature.ch. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ "Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry sur Le livre sur les quais". lelivresurlesquais.ch. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
- ^ Kidi Bebey. "« Quatre livres qui m'ont marqué »… par l'écrivain tchadien Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ "La Descente aux enfers - Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-07.
- ^ Adriano Tiniscopa. "Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry, lauréat du prix Hors concours 2022". livrehebdo.fr. Retrieved 2022-12-17.