Gaudé, Laurent
Biography
A novelist, short story writer and playwright born in 1972, Laurent Gaudé’s works, which have been translated the world over, are published by Actes Sud. His books include Cris (2001), La Mort du roi Tsongor (2002, Prix Goncourt des lycéens 2002, Prix des Libraires 2003), Le Soleil des Scorta (2004, Prix Goncourt 2004), Eldorado (2006), Dans la nuit Mozambique (2007), La Porte des Enfers (2008), Ouragan (2010), Les Oliviers du Négus (2011), Pour seul cortège (2012), Danser les ombres (2015), Écoutez nos défaites (2016) and Salina. Les trois exils (2018). In 2017, he published his first collection of poetry, De sang et de lumière.