Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Sorj Chalandon
ソルジュ・シャランドン
Sorj Chalandon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-05-16 （Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia）
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Lyon (grew up)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1973-2025
- Affiliations
- Libération (1973-2007), Le Canard enchaîné
- Nominations
- Prix Goncourt shortlist (Retour à Killybegs, 2011), Prix Goncourt shortlist (Enfant de salaud, 2021)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Albert Londres Prize | Articles on Northern Ireland and Klaus Barbie trial | — | — | Winner |
| 2006 | Prix Médicis | Une promesse | — | — | Winner |
| 2011 | Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française | Retour à Killybegs | — | Académie française | Winner |
| 2013 | Prix Goncourt des Lycéens | Le Quatrième Mur | — | — | Winner |
Albert Londres Prize
1988
Work:
Articles on Northern Ireland and Klaus Barbie trial
Result:
Winner
Prix Médicis
2006
Work:
Une promesse
Result:
Winner
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
2011
Work:
Retour à Killybegs
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
Winner
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
2013
Work:
Le Quatrième Mur
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1 appearances
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Edition 97 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Retour à Killybegs / Return to Killybegs
2011 NovelA story of betrayal and revenge involving the IRA in Ireland.
BetrayalRevengeIRA
Une promesse
2006 NovelMon traître / My Traitor
2008 NovelBibliography
- Le Petit Bonzi (2005)
- Une promesse (2006)
- Mon traître (2008)
- La Légende de nos pères (2009)
- Retour à Killybegs (2011)
- Le Quatrième Mur (2013)
- Profession du père (2015)
- Le jour d'avant (2017)
- Une joie féroce (2019)
- Enfant de salaud (2021)
- L'Enragé (2023)
- Le livre de Kells (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Journalistic styleFiction based on reality
- Recurring Motifs
- Father-son relationshipsWar and betrayalIrish conflict
Legacy
French novelist and journalist known for works on Northern Ireland and his father's Nazi past. Multiple literary awards.
Trivia
- Discovered in 2020 that his father was a Nazi collaborator during WWII.
- Learned about his father's past from his grandfather at age 10.