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 Prix Goncourt/Le Choix de l’Orient, the, 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 at the University of Bern.

Awards and honours

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

Works

 * La Perfection du tir, éditions Actes Sud, 2003. Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * translated as Tell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants by Charlotte Mandell, New Directions, 2018, ISBN 978-0811227049
 * 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 Publishing, 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).