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

• 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

• 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

• Candide Preis

References

1. "Mathias Énard". Walter Benjamin Kolleg. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
2. "Zone". Actes Sud. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
3. Victor De Sepausy (June 20, 2013). "Mathias Énard, lauréat du Prix Roman-News 2013". actualitte.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
4. Chad Post (April 7, 2015). "2015 Best Translated Book Award Fiction Longlist (Fiction)". Three Percent. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
5. Ken Willsher (November 3, 2015). "France's top literary prize awarded to Mathias Énard". The Guardian. Retrieved November 3, 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. March 15, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
8. Mathias Enard Vince il Premio Von Rezzori 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
9. "Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding". City of Leipzig. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
10. Back cover of La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003.