Dieudonné Niangouna (Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, 1976) is a Congolese playwright, novelist, poet, actor and theatre director.
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. In 2013 he was associated artist (Artiste associé) of the 67th edition of the Festival d’Avignon..
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.
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 Festival d'Avignon Playwright, director, actor 2011 Ciel dans la ville, Afrique – France Playwright 2012 Ilda et Nicole Actor 2013 Shéda Festival d'Avignon Playwright, director, actor. 2015 Le Kung-Fu Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne Playwright, director, actor 2019 Trust / Shakespeare / Alléluia Playwright, director, actorPrésentation sur theatre-quartiers-ivry.com. 2021–2022 De ce côté Théâtre du Nord, Lille Playwright, director, actor 2022 Portrait Désir MC93 (fr), Seine-Saint-Denis, Bobigny Playwright, director, actor
Publications 48 pages. 438 pages. Stories and plays. 92 pages. Play. 77 pages. 59 pages. 80 pages. Plays. 120 pages. Play. 180 pages. Poetry. 230 pages. Novel. 275 pages. Novel. 572 pages. Novel.
Secondary literature 151 pages.
References
External links Print publication 144 pages. Thematic issue of the journal Théâtre/public, ISSN 0335-2927 (2019), n. 232.
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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.