Sorj Chalandon
Appearance
Sorj Chalandon | |
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![]() Sorj Chalandon in December 2008 | |
Born | Tunis, French Protectorate of Tunisia | 16 May 1952
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Nationality | France |
Notable works | Return to Killybegs |
Notable awards | Albert Londres Prize Prix Médicis Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française |
Sorj Chalandon (born 16 May 1952 in Tunis) is a French writer and journalist.[1] From 1973 until 2007 he worked as a journalist on Libération where, among other things, he covered events in Lebanon, Iran, Iraq, Somalia and Afghanistan. In 1988 he received the Albert Londres Prize for his articles on Northern Ireland and the Klaus Barbie trial.[2] Since then he has worked for the satirical-investigative newspaper Le Canard enchaîné.[1] His second novel, Une promesse (2006), won the Prix Médicis.[3] His 2011 novel Return to Killybegs won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and was shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt.[4]
Works
- Le Petit Bonzi (2005)
- Une promesse (2006)
- My Traitor (Mon traître, 2008)
- La Légende de nos pères (2009)
- Return to Killybegs (Retour à Killybegs, 2011)
- The Fourth Wall (Le Quatrième Mur, Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2013)
- Profession du père (2015)
References
- ^ a b "Sorj Chalandon, Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française". Le Point (in French). 28 October 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Sorj Chalandon quitte Libération". Le Nouvel Observateur (in French). 25 June 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Devarrieux, Claire (30 October 2006). "Sorj Chalandon, journaliste à "Libération", prix Médicis". Libération (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ^ Mac Cormaic, Ruadhán (2 November 2011). "Novel about betraying republican wins award". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
Categories:
- French journalists
- 20th-century French novelists
- 20th-century French male writers
- 21st-century French novelists
- Prix Médicis winners
- Grand Prix du Roman winners
- Albert Londres Prize recipients
- Joseph Kessel Prize recipients
- Prix Jean Freustié winners
- Prix Goncourt des lycéens winners
- Writers from Tunis
- 1952 births
- Living people
- French male novelists
- 21st-century French male writers
- French male non-fiction writers
- French writer stubs