Mathias Énard
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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 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). In 2020 he was Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature[1] at the University of Bern.
Works
[edit | edit source]- La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003. Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie.[2]
- 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.[2]
- 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.[2]
- translated as Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants by Charlotte Mandell (New Directions, 2018)
- L'alcool et la nostalgie, Éditions Inculte, 2011 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- Rue des voleurs, éditions Actes Sud, 2012 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- translated as Street of Thieves by Charlotte Mandell (Open Letter Books, 2014; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2015).
- Tout sera oublié, éditions Actes Sud, 2013 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- Boussole, éditions Actes Sud, 2015 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- translated as Compass by Charlotte Mandell (New Directions, 2017; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017).
- J'y mets ma langue à couper, Bayard Éditions, 2020 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- Le Banquet annuel de la Confrérie des fossoyeurs, éditions Actes Sud, 2020 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- translated as The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild by Frank Wynne (New Directions, 2023; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2024).
- Déserter, éditions Actes Sud, 2023 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
- translated as The Deserters by Charlotte Mandell (New Directions, 2025; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2025).
- Mélancole des confins - Nord, éditions Actes Sud, 2024 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).).
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]- 2004 Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie for La Perfection du tir[3]
- 2004 Prix Edmée-de-La-Rochefoucauld for La Perfection du tir
- 2008 Prix Décembre for Zone[3]
- 2008 Prix Candide for Zone[3]
- 2008 Bourse Thyde-Monnier SGDL for Zone[3]
- 2008 Prix Cadmous for Zone[3]
- 2009 Prix Initiales for Zone[3]
- 2009 Inter Book Prize for Zone[3]
- 2010 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'élephants
- 2013 Prix Roman-News for Rue des voleurs[4]
- 2015 Best Translated Book Award longlist for Street of Thieves, translated by Charlotte Mandell[5]
- 2015 Prix Goncourt for Boussole[6]
- 2016 Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters[7]
- 2017 Man Booker International Prize shortlist for Compass, translated by Charlotte Mandell[8]
- 2017 Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze for Bussola[9]
- 2017 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding[10]
See also
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Categories:
- 20th-century French non-fiction writers
- 21st-century French non-fiction writers
- Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Prix Décembre winners
- Prix Goncourt winners
- Prix du Livre Inter winners
- Prix Goncourt des lycéens winners
- École du Louvre alumni
- French male novelists
- Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- People from Niort
- 1972 births
- Living people
- 20th-century French male writers