Patrick Erouart-Siad, real name Patrick Erouart (born 16 January 1955,
Savigny-sur-Orge) is a French writer.
Biography
Born of a French father and a Somali mother of
Djibouti, he spent his early years in Djibouti, then returned to France in the Paris region, spent two years in
Madagascar and four years in
Senegal before traveling around the world.
He was a resident of the
Villa Médicis from 1989 to 1991, and has been living in New York city since 1996.
He works with director Jacques Sarasin on a DVD and a film about
Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Eugene Stiglitz (; born February 9, 1943) is an American New Keynesian economist, a public policy analyst, and a full professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the Joh ...
. He has collaborated with magazines ''Géo'', ''Corto Maltese'', ''Actuel'', ''Cent idées'', ''Vogue'', ''l'Écho des savanes'', etc.
He was a journalist and proofreader for ''
Libération
''Libération'' (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968. Initially positioned on the far-left of France's ...
'' (1979–1984).
Works
*1965: Cahier de poésies
*1985: ''Afrique du Sud : « Blanc honoraire »'',
Ramsay
*1987: ''Cahiers de la Mort-Colibri'', novel,
Éditions du Seuil
*1988: ''East Africa'' with Tim beddow
*1992: ''Océanie'',
prix Ève Delacroix Le prix Ève-Delacroix is one of the prizes bestowed by the Académie française. The award which was established in 1977 by the Ève-Delacroix foundation is intended "for the author of a work (essay or novel) combining literary qualities with the m ...
of the Académie française.
prix Ève-Delacroix
on the site of the Académie
*1995: ''La Guinée-Bissau aujourd'hui'', 2nd ed.
*1997: ''Le fleuve Powhatan'', novel, Flammarion Flammarion may refer to:
* Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author
* Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, wife of Camille Flammarion
* Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by C ...
*1991: ''Djibouti'' with Patrick Frilet
*2002: ''Une Enfance Outremer'' under the direction of Leilla Sebbar, Points Seuil
*2001: ''Autour de Nicolas Bouvier'',
*2006: ''L'appel du Bronx'' with father Pierre Raphaël
*2007: ''Maroc''
Articles
*2006: Chroniques in "French Morning" online magazine de New York
*2005–2004: Articles for EchoPolyglot.com
*2004: Guide de New York National Geographic Magazine de NYU
*2004: ''Black Renaissance'' The Great Wall
*2002: Special issue on New York by ''Geo''
*2002: Report in Somaliland with illustrations by the author
Television
*1994: 52 minutes documentary, ''Sauvé des eaux'', a hydroelectric dam in the Guyanese forest o fPetit Saut, prod. Gedeon
References
External links
« Skirting the issue: French literature out of touch with social realities »
(article by Patrick Erouart-Siad in the ''Boston Review'')
Patrick Erouart-Siad
on Radio France Internationale
Publications by Patrick Erouart-Siad
on CAIRN
Patrick EROUART-SIAD et le parcours de Noé N'Diaye
on Maghress
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20th-century French non-fiction writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
1955 births
People from Savigny-sur-Orge
Living people