Lomé
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,
Togo
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) is a Togolese-Canadian writer. Born in
Togo
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and educated in France, he has lived in
Gatineau
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,
Quebec
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La Presse
is a French-language online newspaper published daily in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1884, it is now owned by an independent nonprofit trust.
' was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edi ...
'', September 15, 2009.
His
debut novel
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''Port-Mélo'' won the
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire
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in 2006,Edem Awumey . Montreal Black History Month. and his second novel ''Les Pied sales'' was a shortlisted nominee for the
Prix Goncourt
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in 2009. ''Dirty Feet'', an English translation of ''Les Pieds sales'' by Lazer Lederhendler, was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2011
Governor General's Award for French to English translation
This is a list of recipients of the Governor General's Award for French-to-English translation.
Winners and nominees
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
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References
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and the 2012
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for fiction.
His third novel, ''Rose déluge'', was published in 2011, and his fourth, ''Explication de la nuit'', was published in 2013. He is also the author of ''Tierno Monénembo: le roman de l'exil'', a critical study of the work of
Tierno Monénembo
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.
At the
2018 Governor General's Awards
The shortlisted nominees for the 2018 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 3, 2018,Phyllis Aronoff
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and
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won the Governor General's Award for French to English translation for ''Descent Into Night'', the English translation of ''Explication de la nuit''.
His most recent novel, ''Mina parmi les ombres'', was published in fall 2018. It was shortlisted for the
Governor General's Award for French-language fiction
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Le Droit
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