Mathias Énard

Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin. He won several awards for Zone, including the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Décembre, and won the Liste Goncourt/Le Choix de l'Orient, the Prix littéraire de la Porte Dorée [fr], and the Prix du Roman-News for Rue des Voleurs (Street of Thieves). He won the 2015 Prix Goncourt for Boussole (Compass). In 2020 he was Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature^[1] at the University of Bern.

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Works

La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003. Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie.^[2]
Remonter l'Orénoque, éditions Actes Sud, 2005.
Bréviaire des artificiers, éditions Verticales, 2007.
Zone, éditions Actes Sud, 2008. Prix Décembre and Prix du livre Inter.^[2]
- translated as Zone by Charlotte Mandell (Open Letter Books, 2010; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2014).
Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants, éditions Actes Sud, 2010. Prix Goncourt des Lycéens.^[2]
- translated as Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants by Charlotte Mandell (New Directions, 2018)
L'alcool et la nostalgie, Éditions Inculte, 2011 (ISBN 978-2-916940-48-9).
Rue des voleurs, éditions Actes Sud, 2012 (ISBN 978-2-330-01267-0).
- translated as Street of Thieves by Charlotte Mandell (Open Letter Books, 2014; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2015).
Tout sera oublié, éditions Actes Sud, 2013 (ISBN 978-2-330-01808-5).
Boussole, éditions Actes Sud, 2015 (ISBN 978-2-330-05312-3).
- translated as Compass by Charlotte Mandell (New Directions, 2017; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2017).
J'y mets ma langue à couper, Bayard Éditions, 2020 (ISBN 978-2-2274-9866-2).
Le Banquet annuel de la Confrérie des fossoyeurs, éditions Actes Sud, 2020 (ISBN 978-2-330-13550-8).
- translated as The Annual Banquet of the Gravediggers’ Guild by Frank Wynne (New Directions, 2023; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2024).
Déserter, éditions Actes Sud, 2023 (ISBN 978-2-330-18161-1).
- translated as The Deserters by Charlotte Mandell (New Directions, 2025; Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2025).
Mélancole des confins - Nord, éditions Actes Sud, 2024 (ISBN 978-2-330-196950).

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Awards and honours

2004 Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie for La Perfection du tir^[3]
2004 Prix Edmée-de-La-Rochefoucauld for La Perfection du tir
2008 Prix Décembre for Zone^[3]
2008 Prix Candide for Zone^[3]
2008 Bourse Thyde-Monnier SGDL for Zone^[3]
2008 Prix Cadmous for Zone^[3]
2009 Prix Initiales for Zone^[3]
2009 Inter Book Prize for Zone^[3]
2010 Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'élephants
2013 Prix Roman-News for Rue des voleurs^[4]
2015 Best Translated Book Award longlist for Street of Thieves, translated by Charlotte Mandell^[5]
2015 Prix Goncourt for Boussole^[6]
2016 Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters^[7]
2017 Man Booker International Prize shortlist for Compass, translated by Charlotte Mandell^[8]
2017 Premio Gregor von Rezzori – Città di Firenze for Bussola^[9]
2017 Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding^[10]

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