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Sylvain Prudhomme (1979, La Seyne-sur-Mer) is a French writer.
He is the author of novels and reports, many of which are based in contemporary Africa, where he lived and worked. His novel ''Les Grands'' (ed. L'Arbalète, Gallimard) was designated "French Revelation of the year 2014" by the editorial staff of the magazine '' Lire''.
In 2019 his novel ''Par les routes'' won the
Sylvain Prudhomme (1979, La Seyne-sur-Mer) is a French writer.
He is the author of novels and reports, many of which are based in contemporary Africa, where he lived and worked. His novel ''Les Grands'' (ed. L'Arbalète, Gallimard) was designated "French Revelation of the year 2014" by the editorial staff of the magazine '' Lire''.
In 2019 his novel ''Par les routes'' won the Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ...
, one of the most important French literary prize.
Biography
Sylvain Prudhomme spent his childhood in different African countries (Cameroon, Burundi, Niger, and Mauritius) before studying literature in Paris and then directing the Franco-Senegalese Alliance of Ziguinchor in Senegal from 2010 to 2012. He collaborated with the magazines ' and '.Works
Novels *2007: ''Les matinées d'Hercule'', Serpent à plumes *2010: ''L'affaire Furtif'', Burozoïque, (with drawings by Lætitia Bianchi). *2010: ''Tanganyika Project'', *2012: ''Là , avait dit Bahi'', L'Arbalète, Gallimard ::-Prix Louis-Guilloux
The prix Louis-Guilloux is a French literary award established in 1983 by the Conseil général of the Côtes-d'Armor with the writers Yvon Le Men, Yannick Pelletier (specialist of Louis Guilloux).
The idea of this prie is "to perpetuate the lit ...
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*2014: ''Les Grands'', L'Arbalète, Gallimard
::- "Révélation française de l'année 2014" in the ranking of the of magazine '' Lire''
::- Prix Georges Brassens 2014.
::- Prix Climax, Musique et Littérature 2014 (prize established by the bookstore Lucioles in Vienne (38) and C'rock radio.
::- 2015
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*2016: ''Légende'', L’Arbalète, Gallimard
*2018: ''L'Affaire Furtif'', L’Arbalète, Gallimard
*2019: ''Par les routes'', L’Arbalète, Gallimard
::-Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine '' La Vie heureuse'' (today known as '' Femina''). The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury. They reward French-language works written ...
::-Prix Landerneau
Novellas
*2020: ''Les orages'', L’Arbalète, Gallimard
Reports
*2010: ''Africaine Queen. Dans les salons de coiffure de Château d'eau'', éd. Le Tigre
*2011: ''La vie dans les arbres'', followed by ''Sur les bidonvilles, les cabanes et la construction sauvage'', Ă©d. Le Tigre
Translations
*2009: John Reed, ''Pancho Villa'', Allia
*2011: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Ngugi or Ngũgĩ is a name of Kikuyu origin that may refer to:
*Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008), Kenyan playwright
*Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938), Kenyan writer
*David Mwaniki Ngugi, Kenyan politician and member of the National Assembly of Kenya
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, ''DĂ©coloniser l'esprit'',
References
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