Mohamed Mbougar Sarr (born 20 June 1990)[1] is a Senegalese writer. Raised in Diourbel, Senegal and later studying in France, Sarr is the author of four novels as well as a number of award-winning short stories. He won the 2021 Prix Goncourt for his novel La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (lit. 'The Most Secret Memory of Men'), becoming the first Sub-Saharan African to do so.
Senegalese writer
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr in 2021
Born
(1990-06-20) 20 June 1990 (age32) Dakar, Senegal
Occupation
Writer
Language
French
Nationality
Senegalese
Education
Prytanée militaire de Saint-Louis Lycée Pierre-d'Ailly
Almamater
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in 1990 in Dakar, Senegal.[2] The son of a physician, he grew up in a large Serer family in Diourbel.[3][4] He completed his secondary studies at the Prytanée militaire of Saint-Louis. He moved to France to study in CPGE (classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles) at the lycée Pierre-d'Ailly[fr] in Compiègne. He later studied at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS), where his research focused on Léopold Sédar Senghor. Sarr began writing more and pursued fiction, opting not to finish his thesis at the EHESS.[4]
Career
Sarr's short story "La cale" (2014), about the slave trade, was awarded the Prix Stéphane-Hessel.[5] His debut novel, Terre ceinte (2015), describes life in a fictional Sahelian village under the control of Islamist jihadi militias.[5] 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,[6] as well as the 2015 Prix du roman métis des lycéens.[7] In 2021, an English translation by Alexia Trigo, titled Brotherhood, was published by Europa Editions.[8]
At the 2017 Jeux de la Francophonie, he received the bronze medal in the literature category for his short story "Ndënd".[9]
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[fr] festival in Saint-Malo. It also received the Prix du roman métis des lecteurs of Saint-Denis de La Réunion in 2018.[10][11]
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.
In November 2021, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt for his novel La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (lit. 'The Most Secret Memory of Men').[12] Sarr won in the first round of voting, by six votes against three votes for Sorj Chalandon and one vote for Louis-Philippe Dalembert.[13] He is the first person from Sub-Saharan Africa to win the Prix Goncourt.[14] At 31 years old, he is also the youngest Goncourt laureate since Patrick Grainville won in 1976.[15] The novel was also shortlisted for the Prix Femina[16] and the Prix Renaudot;[17] and longlisted for the Prix Médicis.[18]
Prizes
2014: Prix Stéphane-Hessel for "La cale"
2015: Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma for Terre ceinte
2015: Grand prix du roman métis for Terre ceinte[19]
2021: Prix Goncourt for La plus secrète mémoire des hommes[20]
Works
2014: "La cale"
2015: Terre ceinte (Éditions Présence Africaine)
2021: Brotherhood (Europa Editions)
2017: Silence du chœur (Éditions Présence Africaine)
2018: De purs hommes (Éditions Philippe Rey)
2021: La plus secrète mémoire des hommes (lit. 'The Most Secret Memory of Men') (Éditions Philippe Rey / Jimsaan)
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