Boubacar Boris Diop | |
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| Born | 26 October 1946  |
| Nationality | Senegalese |
| Occupation | Writer and journalist |
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Boubacar Boris Diop (born 26 October 1946) is a Senegalese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, Murambi, le livre des ossements (translated into English as Murambi: The Book of Bones), is the fictional account of a notorious massacre during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. He is also the founder of Sol, an independent newspaper in Senegal, and the author of many books, political works, plays and screenplays. Doomi Golo (2003) is one of the only novels ever written in Wolof;[citation needed] it deals with the life of a Senegalese Wolof family. The book was published by Papyrus Afrique, Dakar.
He was awarded the 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.[1]
- ^ "Boubacar Boris Diop Wins Prestigious 2022 Neustadt International Prize for Literature". World Literature Today. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.