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Michaël Ferrier

ミシャエル・フェリエ

Michaël Ferrier

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-08-14 (Strasbourg)
Nationality
France
Languages
French, English, Japanese
Residence History
Strasbourg → Africa and Indian Ocean → Paris → Tokyo

Career

Occupations
writer, novelist, essayist, professor
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
Chuo University
Nominations
Shortlisted three times for Prix Femina and three times for Prix Décembre

Education

École Normale Supérieure
literature
Degree: agrégation
Period: 18歳入学
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: France
Passed agrégation in literature

Awards

Prix littéraire de l’Asie
2005
Work: Tokyo, petits portraits de l’aube
Organization: Association of French Language Writers and French Minister of Foreign Affairs
Result: 受賞
Prix littéraire de la Porte Dorée
2010
Work: Sympathie pour le Fantôme
Organization: Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration
Result: 受賞
Edouard Glissant Prize
2012
Result: 受賞
Franz-Hessel-Preis
2015
Result: 受賞
Prix Décembre
2018
Work: François, portrait d’un absent
Result: 受賞
Prix Jacques Lacarrière
2020
Work: Scrabble, une enfance tchadienne
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tokyo, petits portraits de l’aube

2004 novel

Novel depicting small portraits of Tokyo at dawn

Tokyocross-culturedaily life
Translations
  • No English translation

Bibliography

  • Tokyo, petits portraits de l’aube (Gallimard, 2004)
  • Kizu (Arléa, 2004)
  • Sympathie pour le Fantôme (Gallimard, 2010)
  • Fukushima, récit d'un désastre (Gallimard, 2012)
  • François, portrait d’un absent (Gallimard, 2018)
  • Scrabble : une enfance tchadienne (Mercure de France, 2019)

Translations of Works

  • Scrabble, A Chadian Childhood (Liverpool University Press, 2022)
  • Over Seas of Memory (Nebraska University Press, 2019)
  • François, Portrait of an Absent Friend (Fum d'Estampa Press, 2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
interdisciplinaryblending literature, art, music, philosophy
Recurring Motifs
JapanFukushimaCreole cultureimmigration

Legacy

Known for works on Japan, recipient of numerous literary awards, Professor at Chuo University.

Trivia

  • Descends from Mauritian Creole and Réunion Creole people with Indian, French, Malagasy, and British origins.