Rémy Ngamije is a Rwandan-born Namibian author, editor, publisher, photographer, and literary educator with interests in fitness, sonic curation, design, and fabrication.
His debut novel The Eternal Audience Of One was first published in South Africa by Blackbird Books and is available worldwide from Scout Press (S&S). In 2022 it was honoured with a Special Mention at the inaugural Grand Prix Panafricain De Litterature and won the inaugural African Literary Award from the Museum of the African Diaspora.
Only Stars Know The Meaning Of Space, his collection of award-winning fiction, was published in December, 2024 by Scout Press (S&S).
He won the Africa Regional Prize of the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and was shortlisted for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing in 2021 and 2020. He was longlisted and shortlisted for the 2020 and 2021 Afritondo Short Story Prizes respectively. In 2019 he was shortlisted for Best Original Fiction by Stack Magazines.
Rémy is the founder and chairperson of Doek, an independent arts organisation in Namibia supporting the literary arts and the editor-in-chief of Doek! Literary Magazine, the country’s first and only literary magazine. He is also the founder and director of several literary initiatives such as the Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards, the Doek Literary Festival, and the Doek Anthology.
Rémy’s writing has been supported by the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Miles Morland Foundation, The Africa Institute, and the Jan Michalski Foundation For Writing And Literature. He has made literary appearances in Accra, Berlin, Basel, Cape Town, Dubai, Essex, Franschhoek, Johannesburg, Montricher, Nairobi, Sharjah, and Southend-On-Sea.
He has judged the Kalemba, Kendeka, Plaza, Commonwealth, Afritondo, and Dear Aliens short story prizes and served on the Tender Visions Writing Jury. He is on Kismet Magazine’s advisory council.
Rémy’s fiction, nonfiction, and poetry have appeared in The Johannesburg Review of Books, American Chordata, Lolwe, LitHub, Granta, One Story, and Best American Essays 2024 among many others.
Rémy is the founder and lead trainer of The Forge, a fitness centre for those who make and remake themselves through dedication, discipline, and determination despite all difficulties.
Passionate and curious about analogue modes of creation and communication, he spins stories and vinyl as DJ Side Quest, engages in calligraphic correspondence, and uses found materials in his fabrication practice.
His work can be followed on his website: remythequill.com
Author image: Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
