Mathias Énard

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.

Mathias Énard in 2010

Awards and honours

Works
  • 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]
  • 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).
  • 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

References
  1. "Mathias Énard". Walter Benjamin Kolleg. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. "Zone". Actes Sud. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  3. Victor De Sepausy (20 June 2013). "Mathias Énard, lauréat du Prix Roman-News 2013". actualitte.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. Chad Post (7 April 2015). "2015 Best Translated Book Award Fiction Longlist (Fiction)". Three Percent. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. Ken Willsher (3 November 2015). "France's top literary prize awarded to Mathias Énard". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. "Flux". www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. "The Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist Announced". Man Booker International Prize 2017. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  8. Mathias Enard Vince il Premio Von Rezzori 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  9. "Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding". City of Leipzig. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  10. Back cover of La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003.
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