Blaise Ndala

{{short description|Canadian writer}}

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Blaise Ndala is a Canadian writer.[https://www.ledroit.com/arts/le-fabuleux-destin-de-blaise-ndala-3015edf5d3d6315a9b8eec5f32c8ba8d "Le fabuleux destin de Blaise Ndala"]. Le Droit, February 2, 2018. He is most noted for his novel Sans capote ni kalachnikov, which won the 2019 edition of Le Combat des livres.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1169086/combat-livres-2019-gagnant-marie-maude-denis-blaise-ndala "Marie-Maude Denis et Sans capote ni kalachnikov remportent le Combat national des livres 2019"]. Ici Radio-Canada, May 10, 2019.

Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ndala emigrated to Canada in 2007 and works as a lawyer in Ottawa.[https://l-express.ca/blaise-ndala-ecrivain-eponge-de-son-temps/ "Blaise Ndala, écrivain-éponge de son temps"]. L'Express, October 19, 2018. His debut novel, J'irai danser sur la tombe de Senghor, was published in 2014; it won the Ottawa Book Award for French fiction, and was a finalist for the Trillium Award.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1155305/blaise-ndala-auteur "Blaise Ndala, auteur à Ottawa"]. Ici Radio-Canada, February 27, 2019. The novel was subsequently optioned for a film adaptation by director Rachid Bouchareb.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/grands-lacs-cafe/segments/entrevue/58792/ndala-roman-hollywood "Un livre franco-ontarien adapté au cinéma à Hollywood"]. Grands Lacs café, February 10, 2018.

Sans capote ni kalachnikov was published in 2017,[https://www.ledevoir.com/lire/491929/fiction-quebecoise-le-regard-lucide-de-blaise-ndala-sur-l-instrumentalisation-de-l-horreur "Le regard lucide de Blaise Ndala sur l’instrumentalisation de l’horreur"]. Le Devoir, February 18, 2017. and was a finalist for the Trillium Award and the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire. In Le Combat des livres, the novel was defended by journalist Marie-Maude Denis.