Dieudonné Niangouna Explained

Dieudonné Niangouna
Birth Date:	13 February 1976
Birth Place:	Ouenzé, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Occupation:	playwright, actor, director, novelist, poet
Language:	French
Awards:	2021 (Académie Française young playwright award)

Dieudonné Niangouna (Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, 1976) is a Congolese playwright, novelist, poet, actor and theatre director.^{[1] [2]}

Career

Born in the poor quarters Crâneurs et Mouléké of Ouenzé, Brazzaville, in 1976, Niangouna first studied art at the École nationale des Beaux-Arts (National School of Fine Arts) in Brazzaville before turning to theatre and becoming a well-known comedian, director and playwright. His plays Attitude Clando and Inepties volantes were performed at the Festival d'Avignon in 2007 and 2009, respectively.^[3] In 2013 he was associated artist (Artiste associé) of the 67th edition of the Festival d’Avignon.^[4]

Niangouna was in 2003 one of the founders of the International annual december theater festival in Brazzaville.

In 2021 the Académie Française awarded him the Prix du jeune théâtre Béatrix-Dussane–André-Roussin (French theatre award for a young playwright) for his body of work.^[5]

Plays by Niangouna

Year	Title	Theater	Role
2007	2147, l'Afrique		Playwright
2009	On ne priera pas l'oxygène, le grand écart		Playwright
2009	Les Inepties volantes		Playwright, director, actor
2011	Ciel dans la ville, Afrique - France		Playwright
2012	Ilda et Nicole		Actor
2013	Shéda	Festival d'Avignon	Playwright, director, actor^[6]
2015	Le Kung-Fu		Playwright, director, actor
2019	Trust / Shakespeare / Alléluia		Playwright, director, actor^[7]
2021-2022	De ce côté		Playwright, director, actor

Publications

• Book: Carré blanc, suivi de, Pisser n'est pas jouer . Yaoundé, Cameroun . Interlignes . 2006 . 9956-435-04-X . French . 62697265. 48 pages.
• Book: Traces: récits & pièces . Le Puy-en-Velay France . Carnets livres . 2007 . 2-916154-19-1 . French . 470645993. 438 pages. Stories and plays.
• Book: Les Inepties volantes, suivi de Attitude clando . Besançon, France . Les Solitaires Intempestifs . 2010 . 978-2-84681-287-0 . French . 668371864. 92 pages. Play.
• Book: Le Socle des vertiges . Besançon, France . Les Solitaires intempestifs . 2011 . 978-2-84681-333-4 . French . 760989465. 77 pages.
• Book: Acteur de l’écriture . Besançon, France . Les Solitaires intempestifs . Du désavantage du vent . 2011 . 978-2-84681-385-3 . French . 857378590. 59 pages.
• Book: Sony chez les chiens : suivi de Blues pour Sony : théâtre . Acoria éditions . 2016 . 9782355721557 . 971578347. 80 pages. Plays.
• Book: Trust / Shakespeare / Alléluia . Les Solitaires intempestifs . 2019 . French . 1142724546. 120 pages. Play.
• Book: Rêve en carton . Project'îles . 2021 . 978-2-493036-01-8 . French . 1289939402. 180 pages. Poetry.
• Book: Papa tombe dans la lune (roman) . . January 2022 . 978-2-490437-13-9 . French . 1294273445 . Fictions & fantaisies. 230 pages. Novel.
• Book: La Mise en Papa (roman) . L'Œil d'or . January 2023 . 978-2-490437-20-7 . French . 1371290451. 275 pages. Novel.
• Book: Salve d'honneur pour orchestre à papa : roman . L'Œil d'or . Paris . 2024 . 9782490437351 . 1433687059 . Fictions & fantaisies. 572 pages. Novel.

Secondary literature

• Book: Thérésine, Amélie . Le Théâtre de Dieudonné Niangouna. Corps en scène et en parole . Acoria éditions . [Paris] . 2013 . French . 9782355721168 . 859151000. 151 pages.

External links

• Book: https://web.archive.org/web/20231005025230/https://www.editionstheatrales.fr/livres/theatre-public-n-232-dieudonne-niangouna-1517.html . 2023-10-05 . 31 October 2024 . Collectif Théâtre/Public n° 232. Dieudonné Niangouna. Entretien : Marie-Christine Soma . Éditions théatrales . . Olivier . Neveux . Dieudonné . Niangouna . French . 9782842607968 . 1098249384 . Print publication 144 pages. Thematic issue of the journal Théâtre/public, ISSN 0335-2927 (2019), n. 232.
  • Web site: Avril-Juin 2019. N°232. Dieudonné Niangouna. Entretien avec Marie-Christine Soma. Dossier coordonné par Olivier Neveux, Dieudonné Niangouna . theatrepublic.fr . 7 November 2024 . fr.
• Web site: The Tänzer*innenhaus Mousonturm invites - to the Rhine-Main Dance Festival . 10 November 2024 . Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany . 2024. Search for Niangouna.
  • Web site: Theater. Portrait Désir. Dieudonné Niangouna / Compagnie Les Bruits de la Rue. mousonturm.de . 10 November 2024 . Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany . 2023. .

Videos

• . Video duration 01m:59s. Uploader Slice Up, 2017. Niangouna explains briefly: "The problem of the rabbit who was killed by the hunter is not the same as the problem of the hunter who killed the rabbit." French spoken with English subtitles.
• . Video duration 03m:02s. Uploader BonlieuSN74, 2011. French spoken, music by Pascal Contet.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dieudonné Niangouna . festival-avignon.com . Festival d'Avignon . JFP . April 2013 . 31 October 2024.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200125/http://www.starducongo.com/Theatre-Dieudonne-Niangouna-un-fou-de-la-parole-en-route-pour-Avignon-2013_a4374.html . 2016-03-03 . starducongo.com . Théâtre : Dieudonné Niangouna, un fou de la parole en route pour Avignon 2013 . 31 October 2024 . Meryll . Mezath . Theatre: Dieudonné Niangouna, a madman of the spoken word on his way to Avignon 2013 . French . 5 October 2011.
3. Web site: Dieudonné Niangouna. Acteur/trice, Dramaturge. République du Congo. . 7 November 2024 . French.
4. Web site: Avignon : combat des chefs entre Stanislas Nordey et Dieudonné Niangouna . Avignon: a battle of wits between Stanislas Nordey and Dieudonné Niangouna . https://web.archive.org/web/20131122140338/http://www.lesinrocks.com/2013/07/10/arts-scenes/scenes/avignon-combat-des-chefs-entre-stanislas-nordey-et-dieudonne-niangouna-11408510/ . 2013-11-22 . Patrick . Sourd . LesInrocks.com . 10 July 2013 . 7 November 2024 . fr. .
5. Web site: Palmarès de l'année 2021 . PDF . academie-francaise.fr . French . Académie française . Paris, France . 2021 . 7 November 2024.
6. Web site: Didier . Méreuze . Dieudonné Niangouna surcharge sa barque. Shéda de Dieudonné Niangouna, Carrière de Boulbon . la-croix.com . 11 July 2013 . 10 September 2013. .
7. https://www.theatre-quartiers-ivry.com/saison/trust-shakespeare-alleluia Présentation sur theatre-quartiers-ivry.com.