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Boubacar Boris Diop
Bourbac Boris Diop was born in 1946 in Dakar, Senegal. A technical advisor for the Ministry of Culture of Senegal, he was a professor of literature and philosophy for nearly ten years and made his debut as a writer in 1981. His work stands out for its original stylistic methodology and for the themes covered, which draw on history, myth, at times close to crime stories. At the moment the Senegalese writer is devoting himself exclusively to literature and journalism. He writes for several newspapers in Senegal and since 1991, he has written for the Neue Zucker Zeitungand for the African monthly analysis magazine published in Paris Afrique, perspectives et réalités. As a journalist, he mainly deals with political issues, with his indirect style often infused with dream-like images. Boubacar Boris Diop is also the author of three theatre plays and has also worked as a screenwriter for the cinema. In 1998, he went to Rwanda within the initiative “Rwanda, écrire par devoir de mémoire” (Rwanda, writing lest we forget). He expressed his opinion on the genocide in the book Murambi, le livre des ossements (Murambi, the book of bones) in 2000, maybe his most famous book, not yet translated in Italian. With his last novel Doomi golo, Diop gives up French to embrace wolof language again. |
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Bibliography
Le Temps de Tamango, L’Harmattan, 1981 (Prix du Bureau Sénégalais du Droit d’Auteur)
Les tambours de la mémoire, L’Harmattan, 1987 (Grand prix de la République du Sénégal pour les lettres)
Les Traces de la Meute, L'Harmattan, 1993
Le Cavalier et son Ombre, Stock, 1997 (Prix tropiques)
Saison d'Amour et de colère, Avec Hélène Bezençon (dir.),
Poèmes et nouvelles du Sahel, Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines du Sénégal, 1998
Murambi, le Livre des Ossements, Stock, 2000
Doom goloPapyrus d'Afrique, 2003
Rwanda. Murambi, il libro delle ossa, E/O, 2004
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