Publisher's Synopsis
Ondjaki was ranked by The Guardian in 2012 as one of their Top Five African WritersYoung writer (35), already the author of 12 books in 8 languagesKnown for his charming personality and charming young protagonistsLike Mia Couto, he is already a star-figure in Portugal, & Brazil, & his work is well-known in Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Italy, and GermanyHas spoken at Brown, Rutgers, Stanford, and universities in the midwest, along with University of London (UK), the University of Toronto, and U. of KwaZulu Natal (South Africa)Previous work has seen consistent and steady course adoptions—strong academic market potentialFormer writer-in-residence at UC Berkeley (Feb. 2011)Winner of the Grinzane for Africa Prize for Best Young Writer (alongside Ben Okri and Ngugi wa Tiongo)Portuguese prizes won/shortlisted incl.: Prémio António Jacinto (Angola), 2000; Prémio Sagrada Esperança (Angola), 2004; Pémio António Paulouro (Portugal), 2004; Grande Prémio do Conto Camilo Castelo Branco (Portugal), 2007 [This is the major prize for a book of short stories in Portuguese]; Portugal Telecom Prize (Portugal), 2009; Prémio FNLIJ (Brazil), 2010; Prémio Jabuti (Brazil), 2010; Prémio Bissaya Barreto de Literatura para a Infância (Portugal), 2012.
