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Sylvain Prudhomme

シルヴァン・プリュドム

Sylvain Prudhomme

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1979 （La Seyne-sur-Mer）
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Cameroon → Burundi → Niger → Mauritius → Paris → Ziguinchor (Senegal)

Career

Occupations
novelist, reporter
Active Years
2007-2024
Affiliations
Geste, Le Tigre

Awards

Prix Louis-Guilloux
2012
Work: Là, avait dit Bahi
Result: winner
French Revelation of the year 2014
2014
Work: Les Grands
Organization: Lire
Result: winner
Prix Georges Brassens
2014
Work: Les Grands
Result: winner
Prix Climax
2014
Work: Les Grands
Organization: Lucioles bookstore and C'rock radio
Result: winner
Prix de la Porte Dorée
2015
Work: Les Grands
Result: winner
Prix Femina
2019
Work: Par les routes
Result: winner
Prix Landerneau
2019
Work: Par les routes
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Grands

2014 novel

A novel set in contemporary Africa.

Africacontemporary society

Par les routes

2019 novel

Prix Femina-winning novel.

travelhuman relationships

Bibliography

  • Les matinées d'Hercule
  • L'affaire Furtif
  • Tanganyika Project
  • Là, avait dit Bahi
  • Les Grands
  • Légende
  • L'Affaire Furtif
  • Par les routes
  • Les orages
  • Africaine Queen. Dans les salons de coiffure de Château d'eau
  • La vie dans les arbres
  • Pancho Villa
  • Décoloniser l'esprit

Translations by Author

  • Translation of John Reed's Pancho Villa
  • Translation of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Décoloniser l'esprit

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Realism focused on contemporary Africa
Recurring Motifs
African lifecross-cultural encounters

Legacy

French writer known for novels and reports set in contemporary Africa; winner of the Prix Femina.