Prix du roman Fnac
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Edition 6 (2007) Winner
Nathacha Appanah
ナタチャ・アパナ
Nathacha Appanah
Aliases:
Nathacha Devi Pathareddy Appanah
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1973-05-24 （Mahébourg, Mauritius）
- Nationality
- Mauritian, French
- Languages
- Mauritian Creole, French
- Residence History
- Mauritius → France
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1998-2024
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for the 2019 Albertine Prize
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Prix RFO du livre | Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or | — | RFO | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Prix Rosine-Perrier | Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Prix du roman Fnac | Le Dernier Frère | — | FNAC | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Prix Femina des lycéens | Tropique de la violence | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix RFO du livre
2003
Work:
Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or
Organization:
RFO
Result:
受賞
Prix Rosine-Perrier
2003
Work:
Les Rochers de Poudre d'Or
Result:
受賞
Prix du roman Fnac
2007
Work:
Le Dernier Frère
Organization:
FNAC
Result:
受賞
Prix Femina des lycéens
2016
Work:
Tropique de la violence
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Tropic of Violence
2016 Labor migrationA novel based on children living on the streets of Mayotte, depicting struggles with migration and delinquency.
MigrationViolenceIdentity
Translations
- Translated by Geoffrey Strachan
Bibliography
- Les Rochers de Poudre d'or (2003)
- Blue Bay Palace (2004)
- La Noce d'Anna (2005)
- The Last Brother (2007)
- Waiting for Tomorrow (2015)
- Tropic of Violence (2016)
- Petit Éloge des fantômes (2016)
- Une année lumière (2018)
- The Sky Above the Roof (2019)
- Rien ne t'appartient (2021)
- La Mémoire délavée (2022)
- La Traversée des sentiments (2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise and emotionally rich styleExploration of migration and identity
- Recurring Motifs
- Sufferings of migrantsAlienationFamily bonds
Legacy
Mauritian-French author acclaimed for works exploring migration, alienation, and identity.
Quotes
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I lived in Mayotte from 2008 to 2010 and had been struck by the number of children in the streets. They were not abandoned, they were playing happily on every street corner.
Source: Interview (2016)
Trivia
- Descendant of Telugu-speaking Indian indentured laborers.
- Worked as a journalist in Mauritius before emigrating to France.