GauZ'

GauZ'
GauZ' in October 2014
GauZ' in October 2014
Born1971
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Notable worksDebout-Payé

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

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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

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  • Debout-Payé, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2014.[6] Translated by Frank Wynne as Standing Heavy (MacLehose Press, 2022; Biblioasis, International Translation Series, 2023).[7]
  • Après l'Océan movie screenplay, Le Nouvel Attila
  • Camarade Papa, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2018.[8] The book is about "Ivory Coast, Marxism Leninism, and colonization."[9]
  • Black Manoo, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2020.[10]
  • Cocoaïans (Naissance d’une nation chocolat), L’Arche, 2022[11]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "GauZ'". L'Arche Éditeur.
  2. ^ a b "Standing Heavy". International Book Prize.
  3. ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  4. ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  5. ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  6. ^ "Debout-Payé". Le Nouvel Attila (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  7. ^ "Standing Heavy (trade paper)". Biblioasis. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  8. ^ "Camarade papa". Le Nouvel Attila (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  9. ^ Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  10. ^ "Black Manoo". Le Nouvel Attila (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  11. ^ Cocoaïans (Naissance d'une nation chocolat) (in French). 2022-08-19. ISBN 978-2-38198-042-3.
  12. ^ "Grand Prix littéraire d'Afrique noire". Library of Congress.
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