Mathias Énard
Mathias Enard in 2010
Mathias Enard (born in 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 Liste 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].
Awards and honours
- 2004 Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie for La Perfection du tir[1]
- 2004 Prix Edmée-de-La-Rochefoucauld for La Perfection du tir
- 2008 Prix Décembre for Zone[1]
- 2008 Prix Candide for Zone[1]
- 2008 Bourse Thyde-Monnier SGDL for Zone[1]
- 2008 Prix Cadmous for Zone[1]
- 2009 Prix Initiales for Zone[1]
- 2009 Inter Book Prize for Zone[1]
- 2010 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'élephants
- 2013 Prix Roman-News for Rue des voleurs[2]
- 2015 Best Translated Book Award longlist for Street of Thieves, translated by Charlotte Mandell[3]
- 2015 Prix Goncourt for Boussole[4]
- 2016 Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters[5]
Works
- (French) La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003. Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie.[6]
- (French) Remonter l'Orénoque, éditions Actes Sud, 2005.
- (French) Bréviaire des artificiers, éditions Verticales, 2007.
- (French) Zone, éditions Actes Sud, 2008. Prix Décembre and Prix du livre Inter.[6]
- (English) Zone, translated by Charlotte Mandell, Open Letter Books, 2010; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2014.
- (French) Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants, éditions Actes Sud, 2010. Prix Goncourt des Lycéens.[6]
- (French) L'alcool et la nostalgie, Éditions Inculte, 2011 (ISBN 978-2-916940-48-9).
- (French) Rue des voleurs, éditions Actes Sud, 2012 (ISBN 978-2-330-01267-0).
- (English) Street of Thieves, translated by Charlotte Mandell. Open Letter Books, 2014; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2015.
- (French) Tout sera oublié, éditions Actes Sud, 2013 (ISBN 978-2-330-01808-5).
- (French) Boussole, éditions Actes Sud, 2015.
- (English) Compass, translated by Charlotte Mandell, New Directions Publishing, 2017; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Zone". Actes Sud. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ Victor De Sepausy (June 20, 2013). "Mathias Énard, lauréat du Prix Roman-News 2013". actualitte.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ Chad Post (April 7, 2015). "2015 Best Translated Book Award Fiction Longlist (Fiction)". Three Percent. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ↑ Ken Willsher (November 3, 2015). "France's top literary prize awarded to Mathias Énard". The Guardian. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Ministere/Services-rattaches-a-la-ministre/Section-des-distinctions-honorifiques/Arretes-de-Nominations-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres/Nomination-dans-l-ordre-des-Arts-et-des-Lettres-janvier-2016
- 1 2 3 Back cover of La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003.
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