Sylvain Prudhomme


Sylvain Prudhomme is a French writer.
He is the author of novels and reports, many of which are based in contemporary Africa, where he lived and worked. His novel Les Grands was designated "French Revelation of the year 2014" by the editorial staff of the magazine Lire.
In 2019 his novel Par les routes won the Prix Femina, one of the most important French literary prizes.

Biography

Sylvain Prudhomme spent his childhood in different African countries before studying literature in Paris and then directing the Franco-Senegalese Alliance of Ziguinchor in Senegal from 2010 to 2012.
He collaborated with the magazines ' and '.

Works

Novels
  • 2007: Les matinées d'Hercule, Serpent à plumes
  • 2010: L'affaire Furtif, Burozoïque,.
  • 2010: Tanganyika Project,
  • 2012: Là, avait dit Bahi, L'Arbalète, Gallimard
  • 2014: Les Grands, L'Arbalète, Gallimard
  • 2016: Légende, L’Arbalète, Gallimard
  • 2018: L'Affaire Furtif, L’Arbalète, Gallimard
  • 2019: Par les routes, L’Arbalète, Gallimard
Novellas
  • 2020: Les orages, L’Arbalète, Gallimard
Reports
  • 2010: Africaine Queen. Dans les salons de coiffure de Château d'eau, éd. Le Tigre
  • 2011: La vie dans les arbres, followed by Sur les bidonvilles, les cabanes et la construction sauvage, éd. Le Tigre
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