Jérôme Ferrari (born 1968 in

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) is a French writer and translator. He won the 2012

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for his novel ''Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome'' ('' The Sermon on the Fall of Rome''). Ferrari has lived in

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and taught philosophy at the '' Lycée international Alexandre-Dumas'' in

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for several years, then at the Lycée Fesch of Ajaccio. Currently, he is professor of philosophy at the French School of

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. Several of his novels have been translated into English, including ''Where I Left My Soul'' (2012), which is "set in the mid-1950s during the Algerian war, looking backwards to the second world war and the French defeat in Indochina, and forwards to the collapse in 1958 of the Fourth Republic." Most recently, his novel ''In His Own Image'' was published in English translation by Europa Editions.

Works

* 2002 ''Aleph zéro'' * 2007 Dans le secret * 2008 ''Balco Atlantico'' (English translation: ''Balco Atlantico'', 2019) * 2009 ''Un dieu un animal'' * 2012 ''Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome'' (English translation: '' The Sermon on the Fall of Rome'', 2014) * 2010 ''Où j'ai laissé mon âme'' (English translation: ''Where I Left My Soul'', 2012) * 2015 ''Le Principe'' (English translation: ''The Principle'', 2016) * 2018 ''A son image'' (English translation: ''In His Own Image'', 2022)

Awards and honors

* 2009 Prix Landerneau, ''Un dieu un animal'' * 2010 Grand Prix Poncetton, ''Où j'ai laissé mon âme'' * 2010 Prix Roman France Télévisions, ''Où j'ai laissé mon âme'' * 2012

, ''Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome''

References

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