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Biography

Gauz is a photographer, writer, editor of a satirical Ivorian economic newspaper, and the author of the novel Debout-Payé, published in 2014, Paris, by "Le Nouvel Attila". The book is the first recipient of a new award: "le prix des libraires" Gibert Joseph.

His Work

* Debout-Payé, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2014. 173 p. Translated by Frank Wynne as “Standing Heavy” (MacLehose Press, 2022). Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize * Screenwriter of the movie "Après l'Océan", Le Nouvel Attila * Camarade Papa, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2020, 264 p. * Black Manoo, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2020.

Awards

* 2014 Prix des libraires Gibert Joseph for Debout-Payé * Best first French novel of 2014 by the annual ranking Meilleurs livres de l'année du magazine Lire for Debout-Payé

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20141019215659/http://www.franceculture.fr/evenement-rencontre-avec-gauz-lauteur-de-debout-paye * http://www.liberation.fr/livres/2014/09/17/gauz-veni-vidi-vigile_1102604 * http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2014/09/17/03005-20140917ARTFIG00141-les-invisibles-prennent-la-plume.php * http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2014/09/04/solidarite-vigile_4481651_3260.html * http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/le-palmares-des-20-meilleurs-livres-de-l-annee-selon-la-redaction-de-lire_1626307.html * http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/gibert-joseph-attribue-son-premier-prix-gauz

External links

Article by Gauz on the website yeyemagazine

His website
http://www.lenouvelattila.fr/debout-paye/ Le Nouvel Attila] Living people 1971 births Ivorian photographers People from Abidjan {{IvoryCoast-writer-stub