Hubert Mingarelli



Hubert Mingarelli (14 January 1956 – 26 January 2020) was a French writer. He was born in Mont-Saint-Martin in Lorraine. After serving in the navy for three years, he settled in the southern city of Grenoble. He won the Prix Medici in 2003 for his novel Quatre Soldats (Four Soldiers). The English translation of his novel Un repas en hiver (A Meal in Winter) by Sam Taylor was nominated for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.

He died on 26 January 2020 from cancer.

Translations

 * A Meal in Winter (Un repas en hiver), translated by Sam Taylor (2012) Portobello Books ISBN 1846275342
 * Four Soldiers (Quatre Soldats), translated by Sam Taylor (2018) Portobello Books, ISBN 9781846276507
 * The Invisible Land  (La Terre invisible), translated by Sam Taylor (2021) Granta, ISBN 9781783786022