Nimrod (writer)


Nimrod Bena Djangrang, better known by the pen name Nimrod, is a Chadian poet, novelist and essayist who currently lives in France.

Life and work

Nimrod was born in Koyom and completed primary and secondary school in Chad. In 1984 he moved to Abidjan in Ivory Coast, where he continued his studies and taught in middle and high schools. In 1991, he moved to France.
He currently lives in Amiens, France, and teaches philosophy at the University of Picardy Jules Verne. He was the editor-in-chief of the journal Aleph, beth and also the founder of the literary magazine Agotem.

Poetry

Pierre, poussière Passage à l’infini En saison, suivi de Pierre, poussière Babel, Babylone Sur les berges du Chari, district nord de la beauté J'aurais un royaume en bois flottés : anthologie personnelle 1989–2016 Nébuleux trésor
  • ''Petit éloge de la lumière nature''

Novels, novellas and short stories

Les Jambes d’Alice Le Départ Le Bal des princes L’Or des rivières. The Rivers' Gold, trans. Dawn M. Cornelio in Nimrod: Selected Writings Un balcon sur l’Algérois L’enfant n'est pas mort Gens de brume La Traversée de Montparnasse
  • ''Le temps liquide''

Essays

Tombeau de Léopold Sédar Senghor ''. Léopold Sédar Senghor: In Memoriam, trans. Dawn M. Cornelio in Nimrod: Selected Writings Léopold Sédar Senghor.La Nouvelle Chose française. The New French Matter, partially trans. Dawn M. Cornelio in Nimrod: Selected Writings Alan Tasso d'un chant solitaire Visite à Aimé Césaire suivi de Aimé Césaire, le poème d'une vie Léon-Gontran Damas, le poète jazzy L'Eau les choses les reflets : la peinture de Claire Bianchi''

Children's books

Rosa Parks, non à la discrimination raciale Aimé Césaire, non à l'humiliation. Aimé Césaire: No to Humiliation, trans. Emma Ramadan.

Compilations in English

Nimrod: Selected Writings, ed. Frieda Ekotto

Awards and honours

  • 1989: Prix de la vocation en poésie
  • 1999: Prix Louise-Labé
  • 2008: Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma
  • 2008: Prix Benjamin-Fondane
  • 2008: Prix Édouard-Glissant
  • 2011: Prix Max-Jacob
  • 2016: Prix de poésie Pierrette-Micheloud
  • 2020: Prix Guillaume-Apollinaire