Occupation novelist Role Writer Name Edem Awumey | Period 2000s-present Nationality Togolese/Canadian | |
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Notable works Port-Melo, Les Pieds sales Books Dirty Feet, Port Melo, Dirty Feet (Large Print 16pt) Awards Grand prix litteraire d'Afrique noire Nominations Prix Goncourt des Lyceens, Goncourt List, Poland's Choice | ||
Tahar ben jelloun and edem awumey rolex mentor and prot g in literature 2006 2007
Edem Awumey (born 1975 in Lomé, Togo) is a Togolese-Canadian writer. Born in Togo and educated in France, he has lived in Gatineau, Quebec since 2005.
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His debut novel Port-Mélo won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2006, and his second novel Les Pied sales was a shortlisted nominee for the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Dirty Feet, an English translation of Les Pieds sales by Lazer Lederhendler, was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Governor General's Award for French to English translation and the 2012 ReLit Award for fiction.
His third novel, Rose déluge, was published in 2011, and his fourth, Explication de la nuit, was published in 2013. He is also the author of Tierno Monénembo: le roman de l'exil, a critical study of the work of Tierno Monénembo.