Mohamed Mbougar Sarr award received grand prix du roman métis
Career
Sarr's short story "La cale" (2014), about the slave trade, was awarded the Prix Stéphane-Hessel. His debut novel, Terre ceinte (2015), describes life in a fictional Sahelian village under the control of Islamist jihadi militias. In 2015, it received the Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma at the Salon du livre of Geneva. It was also awarded the 2015 Grand prix du roman métis by the city of Saint-Denis de La Réunion, as well as the 2015 Prix du roman métis des lycéens. In 2021, an English translation by Alexia Trigo, titled Brotherhood, was published by Europa Editions.At the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, he received the bronze medal in the literature category for his short story "Ndënd".His second novel, Silence du chœur (2017), a portrait of the day-to-day life of African migrants in Sicily, received the prix littérature monde at the Étonnants Voyageurs festival in Saint-Malo. It also received the Prix du roman métis des lecteurs of Saint-Denis de La Réunion in 2018.His third novel, De purs hommes (2018), deals with the prejudice and violence surrounding homosexuality in Senegal, where it is still illegal to be openly gay.Prizes
2014: Prix Stéphane-Hessel for "La cale"
2015: Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma for Terre ceinte
2015: Grand prix du roman métis for Terre ceinte
2021: Prix Goncourt for La plus secrète mémoire des hommes
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