Sylvain Prudhomme
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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"[1] by the editorial staff of the magazine Lire.
Biography
Sylvain Prudhomme spent his childhood in different African countries (Cameroon, Burundi, Niger, Mauritius) before studying Letters in Paris and then directing the Franco-Senegalese Alliance of Ziguinchor in Senegal from 2010 to 2012.
He collaborated with the magazines Geste and Le Tigre.
Works
Novels
- 2007: Les matinées d'Hercule, Serpent à plumes
- 2010: L'affaire Furtif, Burozoïque, (with drawings by Lætitia Bianchi).
- 2010: Tanganyika Project, Léo Scheer
- 2012: Là, avait dit Bahi, L'Arbalète, Gallimard
- 2014: Les Grands, L'Arbalète, Gallimard
- 2016: Légende, 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, éd. Le Tigre
Translations
- 2009: John Reed, Pancho Villa, Allia
- 2011: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Décoloniser l'esprit, La Fabrique
References
- ↑ Le palmarès des 20 meilleurs livres de l'année selon la rédaction de Lire
- ↑ "Sylvain Prudhomme lauréat du Prix Louis Guilloux 2012". 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ "Sylvain Prudhomme, Prix littéraire Georges Brassens 2014". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
- ↑ Agathe Auproux (2015). "Le prix de la Porte Dorée récompense Sylvain Prudhomme". Retrieved 28 November 2016.
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