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Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin. He won several awards for Zone, including the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Décembre, and won the Prix Goncourt/Le Choix de l’Orient, the Prix littéraire de la Porte Dorée , and the Prix du Roman-News for Rue des Voleurs (Street of Thieves). He won the 2015 Prix Goncourt for Boussole (Compass). In 2020 he was Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature[1] at the University of Bern.
Awards and honours
[edit]- 2004 Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie for La Perfection du tir[2]
- 2004 Prix Edmée-de-La-Rochefoucauld for La Perfection du tir
- 2008 Prix Décembre for Zone[2]
- 2008 Prix Candide for Zone[2]
- 2008 Bourse Thyde-Monnier SGDL for Zone[2]
- 2008 Prix Cadmous for Zone[2]
- 2009 Prix Initiales for Zone[2]
- 2009 Inter Book Prize for Zone[2]
- 2010 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'élephants
- 2013 Prix Roman-News for Rue des voleurs[3]
- 2015 Best Translated Book Award longlist for Street of Thieves, translated by Charlotte Mandell[4]
- 2015 Prix Goncourt for Boussole[5]
- 2016 Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters[6]
- 2017 Man Booker International Prize shortlist for Compass, translated by Charlotte Mandell[7]
- 2017 Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze for Bussola[8]
- 2017 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding[9]
Works
[edit]- La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003. Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie.[10]
- Remonter l'Orénoque, éditions Actes Sud, 2005.
- Bréviaire des artificiers, éditions Verticales, 2007.
- Zone, éditions Actes Sud, 2008. Prix Décembre and Prix du livre Inter.[10]
- translated as Zone by Charlotte Mandell, Open Letter Books, 2010; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2014.
- Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants, éditions Actes Sud, 2010. Prix Goncourt des Lycéens.[10]
- translated as Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants by Charlotte Mandell, New Directions, 2018, ISBN 978-0811227049
- L'alcool et la nostalgie, Éditions Inculte, 2011 (ISBN 978-2-916940-48-9).
- Rue des voleurs, éditions Actes Sud, 2012 (ISBN 978-2-330-01267-0).
- translated as Street of Thieves by Charlotte Mandell. Open Letter Books, 2014; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2015.
- Tout sera oublié, éditions Actes Sud, 2013 (ISBN 978-2-330-01808-5).
- Boussole, éditions Actes Sud, 2015 (ISBN 978-2-330-05312-3).
- translated as Compass by Charlotte Mandell, New Directions Publishing, 2017; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017.
- J'y mets ma langue à couper, Bayard Éditions, 2020 (ISBN 978-2-2274-9866-2).
- Le Banquet annuel de la Confrérie des fossoyeurs, éditions Actes Sud, 2020 (ISBN 978-2-330-13550-8).
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mathias Énard". Walter Benjamin Kolleg. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Zone". Actes Sud. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ Victor De Sepausy (20 June 2013). "Mathias Énard, lauréat du Prix Roman-News 2013". actualitte.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ Chad Post (7 April 2015). "2015 Best Translated Book Award Fiction Longlist (Fiction)". Three Percent. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Ken Willsher (3 November 2015). "France's top literary prize awarded to Mathias Énard". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Flux". www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
- ^ "The Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist Announced". Man Booker International Prize 2017. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Mathias Enard Vince il Premio Von Rezzori 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding". City of Leipzig. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
- ^ a b c Back cover of La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003.