Neustadt International Prize for Literature
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Edition 27 (2022) Winner
Boubacar Boris Diop
ブバカール・ボリス・ディオプ
Boubacar Boris Diop
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-10-26 （Dakar, Senegal）
- Nationality
- Senegalese
- Languages
- French, Wolof, English
- Residence History
- Dakar, Senegal → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, journalist, screenwriter, playwright
- Active Years
- 1970-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Neustadt International Prize for Literature | Murambi: The Book of Bones (Murambi, le livre des ossements) | — | World Literature Today / Neustadt Prize | winner |
| 1990 | Grand Prix de la République du Sénégal for Letters | Les Tambours de la mémoire | — | Republic of Senegal | winner |
| 1997 | Prix Tropiques | Le Cavalier et son ombre | — | Prix Tropiques | winner |
| 1984 | Bureau Sénégalais du Droit d'Auteurs Prize | Le Temps de Tamango | — | Bureau Sénégalais du Droit d'Auteurs | winner |
Neustadt International Prize for Literature
2022
Work:
Murambi: The Book of Bones (Murambi, le livre des ossements)
Organization:
World Literature Today / Neustadt Prize
Result:
winner
Grand Prix de la République du Sénégal for Letters
1990
Work:
Les Tambours de la mémoire
Organization:
Republic of Senegal
Result:
winner
Prix Tropiques
1997
Work:
Le Cavalier et son ombre
Organization:
Prix Tropiques
Result:
winner
Bureau Sénégalais du Droit d'Auteurs Prize
1984
Work:
Le Temps de Tamango
Organization:
Bureau Sénégalais du Droit d'Auteurs
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Murambi: The Book of Bones (Murambi, le livre des ossements)
2000 historical fiction / memory literatureA fictional account centered on the notorious massacre during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The novel examines scenes of violence, memory, and responsibility, stressing the importance of bearing witness.
memoryviolence and responsibilityhistory and testimony
Translations
- Murambi: The Book of Bones (English translation by Fiona McLaughlin)
Doomi Golo (The Hidden Notebooks)
2003 novel (written in Wolof)A novel written in Wolof about the life of a Senegalese Wolof family. It addresses urban life, generational change, and issues of language and culture.
language and culturefamilymodernization
Translations
- Doomi Golo: The Hidden Notebooks (English translation by Vera Wülfing-Leckie and El Hadji Moustapha Diop)
Le Cavalier et son ombre
1997 novelThrough layered character portrayals, the novel explores postcolonial issues and personal memory.
postcolonialismmemory
Les Tambours de la mémoire
1987 novelA narrative concerning memory and history, regarded as an important work in Senegalese literature.
memoryhistory
Bibliography
- Murambi, Le livre des ossements (2000)
- Doomi Golo (2003)
- Le Cavalier et son ombre (1997)
- Les Tambours de la mémoire (1987)
- Le Temps de Tamango (1981)
- Négrophobie (essay, with Odile Tobner and François-Xavier Verschave) (2005)
Translations of Works
- Doomi Golo: The Hidden Notebooks (English translation)
- Murambi: The Book of Bones (English translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist and memory-focused style rooted in modern African literary traditiondirect engagement with political and social themes
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and remembrancelegacy of colonialismlanguage and cultural conflict
Legacy
Boubacar Boris Diop is an important Senegalese writer internationally recognized for works on memory and history, such as Murambi. He has contributed to the preservation and use of Wolof in literature and received the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2022.
Trivia
- Author of one of the few novels written in Wolof, Doomi Golo.
- Founder of the independent Senegalese newspaper Sol.
- Murambi is a literary reconstruction of memory of the Rwandan genocide and has received international recognition.