Biyi Bandele

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Biye Bandele

Biyi Bandele-Thomas (born October 13, 1967 in Kafanchan, Kaduna State , Nigeria ) is a Nigerian writer . He became known as a writer of short stories and novels, as well as a playwright . Among other things, he adapted Chinua Achebes Things Fall Apart for the theater stage. Some of Biyi Bandele's novels have been translated into other languages ​​and are available in German translation.

Life

Biyi Bandele was born on October 13, 1967 in northern Nigeria, in Kafanchan, Kaduna State , to a local Yoruba family. He spent the first 18 years of his life here before moving to Lagos . From 1987 to 1990 he studied Theater Studies at the Department of Dramatic Art at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife , Oyo State . He won first prize in a competition for his play Rain , a grant for a year-long stay in London . He has lived in London since 1990.

Works

  • The Man Who Came In From The Back of Beyond. Bellew Publishing Co Ltd, London 1991, ISBN 0-947792-64-3 , (German: Bozo David Hurensohn ).
  • The Sympathetic Undertaker and Other Dreams. Bellew Publishing Co Ltd, London 1991, ISBN 0-947792-91-0 (German: Kerosin Mangos ).
  • Marching for Fausa. Amber Lane Press, Oxford 1993, ISBN 1-872868-10-X .
  • Resurrections in the Season of the Longest Drought. Amber Lane Press, Charlbury et al. 1994, ISBN 1-872868-13-4 .
  • Two Horsemen. Amber Lane Press, Oxford 1994, ISBN 1-872868-12-6 .
  • Death Catches the Hunter. Amber Lane Press, Oxford et al. 1995, ISBN 1-872868-15-0 .
  • Oroonoko. Aphra Behn's Oroonoko. In a New Adaptation by 'Biyi Bandele. Amber Lane Press, Oxford 1999, ISBN 1-872868-25-8 .
  • The Street. Picador, London 1999, ISBN 0-330-37538-5 .
  • Brixton stories or The Short and Happy Life of Ossie Jones & Happy Birthday, Mister Deka D. Methuen, London 2001, ISBN 0-413-77181-4 .
  • Burma boy. Jonathan Cape Ltd, London 2007, ISBN 978-0-224-07682-1 (Also called: The King's Rifle. 1st US edition. Amistad, New York NY 2007, ISBN 978-0-06-158266-0 ).

German-language editions

  • Bozo David son of a bitch. Translated from the English by Gabriele Cenefels. dipa, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-7638-0146-4 .
  • Kerosene mangoes. Translated from the English by Gabriele Cenefels. dipa, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-7638-0193-6 .
  • No rainy season in London. A parable. Translated from the English by Susanne Gittel. dipa-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-7638-0383-1 (original title: Incantations on an eve of execution. Novel. , translated from the manuscript).

Awards (selection)

  • (1989) International Student Playscript Competition Rain
  • (1994) London New Play Festival Two Horsemen
  • (1995) Wingate Scholarship Award
  • (1998) Peggy Ramsay Award
  • (2000) EMMA (BT Ethnic and Multicultural Media Award) for Best Play Oroonoko
  • (2018) AIR - Bellagio Center Award

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personal data
SURNAME Bandele, Biyi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bandele-Thomas, Biyi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Nigerian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Kafanchan , Kaduna State , Nigeria