Emmanuel Dongala

Emmanuel Dongala fascinates me because he refuses to be one thing. A chemist specializing in stereochemistry and environmental toxicology who is also a celebrated novelist giving voice to Congolese experience, he lives a dual life most of us could only manage half of. Born in Brazzaville and later teaching in the United States, he carried his homeland's turbulence into literature while keeping a rigorous scientific mind. The Guggenheim Fellowship and the major African literature prize confirm what the biography hints at: real excellence on both fronts. I have deep admiration for people who hold the analytical and the artistic in the same hands, and Dongala does it with rare grace.

Name (English)

Emmanuel Dongala

Name (Japanese)

エマニュエル・ドンガラ

Reading

えまにゅえる・どんがら

Born

July 14, 1941 (age 85)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Snake

Origin

Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

Occupation

writer

University

Rutgers University

Awards & achievements

• 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1988 Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%A9

Tags

• writer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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