Elisa Shua Dusapin

Elisa Shua Dusapin, born 23 October 1992 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, France, is a Franco-Korean writer currently living in Switzerland.

In 2016, Elisa Shua Dusapin published her first novel, Hiver à Sokcho, which won numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Translated Literature, the Prix Robert-Walser, Prix Alpha and the Prix Régine-Deforges.

Her second novel, Les Billes du Pachinko, was published in 2018.

Awards and honors

 * 2016: Prix Robert-Walser for Hiver à Sokcho
 * 2017: Prix Régine Desforges for Hiver à Sokcho
 * 2019: Prix suisse de littérature for Les Billes du Pachinko
 * 2021: National Book Award for Translated Literature for Winter in Sokcho, translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins
 * 2023: Prix Wepler for Le vieil incendie
 * 2023: Prix Fénéon for Le vieil incendie