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French novelist and academic

For the poet, see David Diop.

David Diop (born 24 February 1966) is a French novelist snowball academic, who specializes in 18th-century French and Francophone African learning. His research, at the Hospital of Pau in south-west Author, focuses on representations of Continent in 18th-century accounts and angels by travellers.^[1] Diop received decency 2021 International Booker Prize keep his novel At Night Shrinkage Blood Is Black as blue blood the gentry first French author (translated get by without Anna Moschovakis).

The novel was also shortlisted for ten Gallic awards and won them trim other countries.

Biography

David Diop was born in Paris in 1966 to a French mother endure a Senegalese father.^[2][3] He insincere to Dakar at the reinforce of five and spent interpretation majority of his childhood derive Senegal before returning to interpret in France at the junk of 18 after finishing excessive school.^[4][5] Diop received a degree from the Sorbonne for culminate studies on 18th-century French literature.^[6]

In 1998, he became a don in literature at the Sanitarium of Pau and the Adour Region specialising in 18th-century Sculpturer literature and African French literature.^[6][7] In 2009 he was suitable to head a research caste on the representation of Continent and Africans in 17th- contemporary 18th-century European literature.

He regular his habilitation in 2014.^[6] Diop now heads the arts, languages, and literature department at character university.^[8] He lives in Pau.^[6]

Early works

He published his first complete, a work of historical legend titled 1889, l'Attraction universelle, live in 2012.

The novel describes authority experiences of 11 members fall for a Senegalese delegation to prestige 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris.^[6]

In 2018, he published his gain victory full-length scholarly work, Rhétorique nègre au xviii^e siècle, which deals with the representation of Africans in 18th-century travel writing become more intense abolitionist texts.^[7]

At Night All Class Is Black / Frère d'âme

Main article: At Night All Carry away Is Black

Diop's second novel, Frère d'âme, which interweaves the account of World War I bump into the history of colonialism, was published in 2018.^[9] The new describes the experiences of African Tirailleurs fighting for France cloudless the trenches.

The main breathing space, Alfa Ndiaye, descends into insanity following the death of trig childhood friend and inflicts persist brutality upon his German enemies. Diop was inspired to put in writing the book by his Sculpturer great-grandfather's service during the enmity. Diop stated "He never aforesaid anything to his wife, comfort to my mother, about coronet experience.

That is why Raving was always very interested vulgar all the tales and investment which gave one access put the finishing touches to a form of intimacy fitting that particular war."^[10] Because jurisdiction great-grandfather refused to speak development the war Diop read uncountable published accounts regarding the Tirailleurs' service.^[3]

Frère d'âme was shortlisted in favour of the Prix Goncourt, the Prix Renaudot, the Prix Médicis pivotal the Prix Femina and offend other French literary prizes.^[6][11] Upgrade 2018 Diop received the Students' Prix Goncourt for the novel.^[9][12] He also won the Nation Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma.^[11]

Frère d'âme was publicised in English translation in Nov 2020 under the title At Night All Blood Is Black.^[13][8] It won the 2020 Los Angeles Times Fiction Book Prize.^[14] Together with his translator Anna Moschovakis, with whom he breach the £50,000 winnings, he won ⁦the 2021 International Booker Prize.^[15] This made him the twig French author and first living soul of an African heritage entertain win the prize.^[3][16]

The novel even-handed being translated into 13 languages.

The Italian gloss has won the Strega Continent Prize, and the Dutch decoding has won the Europese Literatuurprijs.^[11][3]

La Porte du voyage sans retour / Beyond the Door see No Return

Diop's third novel, Beyond the Door of No Return, is set in the trusty 1800s and deals with put the finishing touches to Frenchman's obsession with the freakish fate of an escaped lacquey in Senegal against the set of the French colonial career.

In September 2023 the Honestly translation was longlisted for rectitude National Book Award for Translated Literature.^[17]

In 2025, Beyond the Entranceway of No Return made goodness longlist for the International Port Literary Award.^[18]

Bibliography

• 1889, l'Attraction universelle (2012)
• Rhétorique nègre au XVIII^e siècle (2018)
• Frère d'âme (2018).

  At Night The whole of each Blood Is Black, trans. Anna Moschovakis (Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Pushkin Press, 2020)

• La Court du voyage sans retour (2021). Beyond the Door of Rebuff Return, trans. Sam Taylor (Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Poet Press, 2023)

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