Sylvain Prudhomme (; born 1979, La Seyne-sur-Mer) 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 (ed. L'Arbalète, Gallimard) was designated "French Revelation of the year 2014"Le palmarès des 20 meilleurs livres de l'année selon la rédaction de Lire 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 (Cameroon, Burundi, Niger, and Mauritius) 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, (with drawings by Lætitia Bianchi). 2010: Tanganyika Project, 2012: Là, avait dit Bahi, L'Arbalète, Gallimard - Prix Louis-Guilloux. 2014: Les Grands, L'Arbalète, Gallimard - "Révélation française de l'année 2014" in the ranking of the of magazine Lire - Prix Georges Brassens 2014. - Prix Climax, Musique et Littérature 2014 (prize established by the bookstore Lucioles in Vienne (38) and C'rock radio. - 2015
2016: Légende, L’Arbalète, Gallimard 2018: L'Affaire Furtif, L’Arbalète, Gallimard 2019: Par les routes, L’Arbalète, Gallimard -Prix Femina -Prix Landerneau 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
Translations 2009: John Reed, Pancho Villa, Allia 2011: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Décoloniser l'esprit,
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