GauZ' is the author name of Armand Patrick Gbaka-Brédé. He was born in 1971 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[1] GauZ' is a photographer, screenwriter, editor of a satirical Ivorian economic newspaper, and the author of four books, one of which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2023.[2] He currently lives in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast.
Biography edit
Gauz was born in 1971 in Abidjan. His father was a teacher and a socialist deputy, and his mother was a nurse and communist.[3] As a child he stayed with family when his parents went to Paris to study.[4]
When he was 28, he arrived in France with a master's degree in biochemistry and a scholarship to do another master's degree in biochemistry.[5] He worked for two years as a security guard. He has two children, who still live in Paris.
After publishing the novel Debout-Payé -- published in 2014 and shortlisted, as Standing Heavy in English, for the International Booker Prize in 2023 -- he returned to Ivory Coast. He recently created Srèlè, the Ivorian publishing house.
Works edit
- Debout-Payé, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2014. 173 p. Translated by Frank Wynne as Standing Heavy (MacLehose Press, 2022; Biblioasis, International Translation Series, 2023).
- Screenwriter of the movie "Après l'Océan", Le Nouvel Attila
- Camarade Papa, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2018. The book is about "Ivory Coast, Marxism Leninism, and colonization."[6]
- Black Manoo, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2020.
- Cocoaïans (Naissance d’une nation chocolat), L’Arche, 2022
Awards edit
- Debout-Payé, 2014 Prix des libraires Gibert Joseph; shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize[2]
- Camarade Papa (2018), Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire[7]
References edit
- ^ "GauZ'". L'Arche Éditeur.
- ^ a b "Standing Heavy". International Book Prize.
- ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
- ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
- ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
- ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
- ^ "Grand Prix littéraire d'Afrique noire". Library of Congress.
External links edit
- His website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141019215659/http://www.franceculture.fr/evenement-rencontre-avec-gauz-lauteur-de-debout-paye
- http://www.liberation.fr/livres/2014/09/17/gauz-veni-vidi-vigile_1102604
- http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2014/09/17/03005-20140917ARTFIG00141-les-invisibles-prennent-la-plume.php
- http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2014/09/04/solidarite-vigile_4481651_3260.html
- http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/le-palmares-des-20-meilleurs-livres-de-l-annee-selon-la-redaction-de-lire_1626307.html
- http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/gibert-joseph-attribue-son-premier-prix-gauz