Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry

Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry, born 25 December 1956 in Moundou,[1] is a Chadian and Swiss writer. With his work, he aims to "bring to all continents his sub-Saharan way of looking, feeling and speaking about the world".[2]

Biography

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.[3] He started writing poems and short stories as a teenager, inspired by both Chadian griots and his experience of using his French skills to help illiterate Chadians.[2]

In 2017, he won the Grand Prix littéraire national du Tchad for his body of work.[4]

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.[5]

Works

Novels

  • 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)
  • L'angle mort du rêve (La contre allée, 2024)

Short story collections

  • La descente aux enfers (1993)[6]
  • La minute mongole (2014)
  • Le pique-boeuf sur la bosse du zébu (2021)

Awards and honors

  • 2017: Grand Prix littéraire national du Tchad
  • 2022: Prix Hors Concours, for Il n'y a pas d'arc-en-ciel au paradis[7]
  • 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

  1. ^ "Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry sur Rentrée littéraire du Mali". rentreelitterairedumali.org. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  2. ^ a b "Chad as a literary territory: Interview with francophone novelist Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry". Global Voices. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
  3. ^ "Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry sur viceversalittérature". viceversalitterature.ch. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  4. ^ "Noël Nétonon Ndjékéry sur Le livre sur les quais". lelivresurlesquais.ch. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  5. ^ Kidi Bebey. "« Quatre livres qui m'ont marqué »… par l'écrivain tchadien Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  6. ^ "La Descente aux enfers - Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry". Babelio (in French). Retrieved 2023-06-07.
  7. ^ Adriano Tiniscopa. "Nétonon Noël Ndjékéry, lauréat du prix Hors concours 2022". livrehebdo.fr. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
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