Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
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Edition 57 (1959) Winner
André Schwarz-Bart
アンドレ・シュヴァルツ＝バルト
Andore Shuvwarutsu-Bāruto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-05-23 （Metz, Moselle, France）
- Died
- 2006-09-30 （Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France） age 78
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- Yiddish, French
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Metz, France → Guadeloupe, France
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1959-2006
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Prix Goncourt | The Last of the Just | — | Académie Goncourt | Winner |
| 1967 | Jerusalem Prize | — | — | Jerusalem International Book Fair | Winner |
| 2008 | Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde | Lifetime achievement | — | — | Winner |
Prix Goncourt
1959
Work:
The Last of the Just
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
Winner
Jerusalem Prize
1967
Organization:
Jerusalem International Book Fair
Result:
Winner
Prix Carbet de la Caraïbe et du Tout-Monde
2008
Work:
Lifetime achievement
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Premio Bancarella
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1961) Winner
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Edition 3 (1967) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Last of the Just
1959 Historical fictionTraces the story of a Jewish family from the Crusades to the gas chambers of Auschwitz.
HolocaustJewish historyJust men
Translations
- English translation available
Un plat de porc aux bananes vertes
1967 NovelCo-written with wife Simone Schwarz-Bart.
A Woman Named Solitude
1972 Historical novelNovel about slave rebellion in Guadeloupe.
SlaveryColonialism
Translations
- English translation available
In Praise of Black Women
1989 BiographyCo-written with wife, biographies of Black women.
The Morning Star
2009 NovelBibliography
- The Last of the Just (1959)
- Un plat de porc aux bananes vertes (1967)
- A Woman Named Solitude (1972)
- In Praise of Black Women (1989)
- The Morning Star (2009)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed historical depictionEmotional depth
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish sufferingResistance of slaves
Health
-
Complications after heart surgery2006Cause of death
Legacy
Important French novelist known for works on the Holocaust and slavery. Prix Goncourt winner.
Trivia
- Parents were Polish Jews who moved to France in 1924.
- Parents deported to Auschwitz in 1941; he joined the French Resistance as a teen.
- Married to novelist Simone Schwarz-Bart; co-authored several works.
- Son Jacques Schwarz-Bart is a noted jazz saxophonist.