Blaise Ndala is a Canadian writer."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."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."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."Blaise Ndala, auteur à Ottawa". Ici Radio-Canada, February 27, 2019. The novel was subsequently optioned for a film adaptation by director Rachid Bouchareb."Un livre franco-ontarien adapté au cinéma à Hollywood". Grands Lacs café, February 10, 2018.
Sans capote ni kalachnikov was published in 2017,"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.
Dans le ventre du Congo was published in 2021, and later translated in English as In the Belly of the Congo.
He was shortlisted for the Trillium Book Award for French Prose in 2026 for L'Équation avant la nuit.Cassandra Drudi, "Nina Dunic, Rick Westhead, Canisia Lubrin among 2026 Trillium Book Award finalists". Quill & Quire, May 5, 2026.
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