Ondjaki was born Ndalu de Almeida in Luanda in 1977. He studied sociology at the University of Lisbon, and wrote his thesis on the Angolan writer Luandino Vieira. He then took a doctorate in African studies in Italy. He subsequently studied six months at Columbia University, New York. He has since written novels, poetry, plays, stories and children’s books. He currently lives in Rio de Janeiro.
Bibliography
2000 Actu Sanguíneu (poetry)
2001 Bom Dia Camaradas ( Good Morning Comrades) (novel)
2001 Momentos de Aqui (stories)
2002 O Assobiador (The Whistler) (novel)
2002 Há Prendisajens com o Xão (poetry)
2004 Ynari: A Menina das Cinco Tranças (children’s)
2004 Quantas Madrugadas Tem A Noite (novel)
2005 E se Amanhã o Medo (stories)
2007 Os da minha rua (stories)
2008 Avó Dezanove e o segredo do soviético (Granma Nineteen and the Soviet’s Secret) (novel)
2008 O leão e o coelho saltitão (children’s)
2009 Materiais para confecção de um espanador de tristezas (poetry)
2009 Os vivos, o morto e o peixe-frito (drama)
2009 O voo do Golfinho (children’s)
2010 Dentro de mim faz Sul, seguido de Acto sanguíneo (poetry)
2011 A bicicleta que tinha bigodes (children’s)
2011 Os olhos grandes da princesa pequenina (children’s)
2011 O caso do cadáver esquisito (novel)
2012 Os Transparentes (Transparent City) (novel)
2013 Uma escuridão bonita (children’s)
2014 Sonhos azuis pelas esquinas (stories)
2014 O céu não sabe dançar sozinho (stories)
source: The Modern Novel
