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Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied

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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 The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

/Le Choix de l’Orient, the , and the Prix du Roman-News for ''Rue des Voleurs'' (''Street of Thieves''). He won the 2015

for '' Boussole'' (''Compass''). In 2020 he was Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature at the

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Awards and honours

*2004

Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie The Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie (literally "Prize of the five continents of the francophonie") is a literary prize created in 2001 by the Organisation internationale de la francophonie. Winners References

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for ''La Perfection du tir'' *2004 Prix Edmée-de-La-Rochefoucauld for ''La Perfection du tir'' *2008 Prix Décembre for ''Zone'' *2008 Prix Candide for ''Zone'' *2008 Bourse Thyde-Monnier SGDL for ''Zone'' *2008 Prix Cadmous for ''Zone'' *2009 Prix Initiales for ''Zone'' *2009 Inter Book Prize for ''Zone'' *2010

Prix Goncourt des Lycéens The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens is a French literary award created in 1987 as a sort of younger sibling of Prix Goncourt, a prestigious prize for French language literature. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as ...

for ''Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'élephants'' *2013 Prix Roman-News for ''Rue des voleurs'' *2015

Best Translated Book Award The Best Translated Book Award is an American literary award that recognizes the previous year's best original translation into English, one book of poetry and one of fiction. It was inaugurated in 2008 and is conferred by Three Percent, the onlin ...

longlist for ''Street of Thieves'', translated by Charlotte Mandell *2015

for ''Boussole'' *2016 Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters *2017

Man Booker International Prize The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announced ...

shortlist for ''Compass'', translated by Charlotte Mandell *2017 Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze for ''Bussola''Mathias Enard Vince il Premio Von Rezzori 2017
Retrieved 20 June 2017. *2017 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding

Works

* ''La Perfection du tir'', éditions Actes Sud, 2003.

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.Back cover of ''La Perfection du tir'', éditions Actes Sud, 2003. * ''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. ** translated as ''Zone'' by

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, Open Letter Books, 2010
Fitzcarraldo Editions
2014. * ''Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants'', éditions Actes Sud, 2010.

. ** translated as '' Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants'' by Charlotte Mandell, New Directions, 2018, * ''L'alcool et la nostalgie'', Éditions Inculte, 2011 (). * ''Rue des voleurs'', éditions Actes Sud, 2012 (). ** translated as ''Street of Thieves'' by Charlotte Mandell. Open Letter Books, 2014
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2015. * ''Tout sera oublié'', éditions Actes Sud, 2013 (). * ''Boussole'', éditions Actes Sud, 2015 (). ** translated as ''

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'' by Charlotte Mandell, New Directions Publishing, 2017
Fitzcarraldo Editions
2017. * ''J'y mets ma langue à couper'', Bayard Éditions, 2020 (). * ''Le Banquet annuel de la Confrérie des fossoyeurs'', éditions Actes Sud, 2020 ().

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