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Hédi Kaddour

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Hédi Kaddour

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-07-01 (Tunis)
Nationality
French
Languages
French, English, German, Arabic
Residence History
Tunis (birth) → Lyon → Paris → New York

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, translator, university professor, journalist
Active Years
1987-2021
Affiliations
École normale supérieure de Lyon, Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris, New York University in France, École des métiers de l'information, Éditions Gallimard NRF writing workshop
Memberships
Editor-in-Chief of Po&Sie
Nominations
Prix Goncourt finalist (2015, Les Prépondérants)

Education

Agrégation of modern letters
Modern letters
Degree: 1位
Country: France
Received 1st place

Awards

Prix Goncourt du premier roman
2005
Work: Waltenberg
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Prix du premier roman
2005
Work: Waltenberg
Result: 受賞
Prix Jean-Freustié
2015
Work: Les Prépondérants
Result: 受賞
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
2015
Work: Les Prépondérants
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞
Prix Valery Larbaud
2016
Work: Les Prépondérants
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Waltenberg

2005 novel 711 pages

A novel plunging into the history of men and letters of the twentieth century, mixing adventure and espionage with a sentimental plot tinged with melancholy.

20th century historyliteratureespionagemelancholy
Translations
  • German (Grete Osterwald, 2009)
  • English (David Coward, 2007)

Bibliography

  • Waltenberg (2005)
  • Savoir-vivre (2010)
  • Les Prépondérants (2015)
  • La Nuit des orateurs (2021)
  • Le Chardon mauve (1987)
  • La fin des vendanges (1989)
  • La chaise vide (1992)
  • Jamais une ombre simple (1994)
  • Passage au Luxembourg (2000)

Legacy

Hailed by critics, received numerous literary prizes, active as a professor of French literature.

Trivia

  • Born in Tunis to a Tunisian father and a French mother.