SettingsPrix Médicis étranger winners
Alejo Carpentier
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
Aleksandr Zinovyev
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinovyev was a prominent Russian logician and dissident writer of social critique.
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Zinovyev was a prominent Russian logician and dissident writer of social critique.
Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco (born January 25, 1958 in Turin, Piedmont) is a popular Italian writer, director and performer.
Alessandro Baricco (born January 25, 1958 in Turin, Piedmont) is a popular Italian writer, director and performer.
Amitav Ghosh
Amitav Ghosh, is a Bengali Indian author best known for his work in the English language.
Amitav Ghosh, is a Bengali Indian author best known for his work in the English language.
Antonio Skármeta
Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic) is a Chilean writer, born November 7, 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile.
Antonio Skármeta (born Esteban Antonio Skármeta Vranicic) is a Chilean writer, born November 7, 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile.
Antonio Tabucchi
Antonio Tabucchi (; September 23, 1943 – March 25, 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
Antonio Tabucchi (; September 23, 1943 – March 25, 2012) was an Italian writer and academic who taught Portuguese language and literature at the University of Siena, Italy.
Daniel Mendelsohn
Daniel Mendelsohn is an American author and critic.
Daniel Mendelsohn is an American author and critic.
Doris Lessing
Doris May Lessing CH is a Zimbabwean-British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
Doris May Lessing CH is a Zimbabwean-British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer.
Elsa Morante
Elsa Morante (18 August 191225 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, perhaps best known for her novel La storia (History).
Elsa Morante (18 August 191225 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, perhaps best known for her novel La storia (History).
Enrique Vila-Matas
Enrique Vila-Matas is a Spanish novelist who has had a long and outstanding literary career and is one of the most prestigious and original writers in contemporary Spanish fiction.
Enrique Vila-Matas is a Spanish novelist who has had a long and outstanding literary career and is one of the most prestigious and original writers in contemporary Spanish fiction.
Hector Bianciotti
Hector Bianciotti is an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française.
Hector Bianciotti is an Argentine-born French author and member of the Académie française.
John Hawkes (novelist)
John Hawkes, born John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr. (August 17, 1925 – May 15, 1998), was a postmodern American novelist, known for the intensity of his work, which suspended the tr...
John Hawkes, born John Clendennin Talbot Burne Hawkes, Jr. (August 17, 1925 – May 15, 1998), was a postmodern American novelist, known for the intensity of his work, which suspended the tr...
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine Novelist, Short Story Writer and Essayist.
Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine Novelist, Short Story Writer and Essayist.
Kenneth White (poet)
Kenneth White (born April 28, 1936) is a Scottish poet, academic and writer.
Kenneth White (born April 28, 1936) is a Scottish poet, academic and writer.
Luigi Malerba
Luigi Malerba (born Luigi Bonardi; November 11, 1927 – May 8, 2008) was an Italian author who wrote short stories (often written with Tonino Guerra), historical novels, and screenplays, an...
Luigi Malerba (born Luigi Bonardi; November 11, 1927 – May 8, 2008) was an Italian author who wrote short stories (often written with Tonino Guerra), historical novels, and screenplays, an...
Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Lyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya (Людмила Евгеньевна Улицкая) is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer.
Lyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya (Людмила Евгеньевна Улицкая) is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer.
Michael Krüger (writer)
Michael Krüger is a German writer, publisher and translator.
Michael Krüger is a German writer, publisher and translator.
Milan Kundera
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Milan Kundera, born 1 April 1929, is a writer of Czech origin who has lived in exile in France since 1975, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1981.
Norman Manea
Norman Manea (born July 19, 1936) is a Jewish Romanian writer and author of short fiction, novels, and essays about the Holocaust, daily life in a communist state, and exile.
Norman Manea (born July 19, 1936) is a Jewish Romanian writer and author of short fiction, novels, and essays about the Holocaust, daily life in a communist state, and exile.
Orhan Pamuk
Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Paul Auster
Paul Benjamin Auster is an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Tri...
Paul Benjamin Auster is an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Tri...
Philip Roth
Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933) is an American novelist.
Philip Milton Roth (born March 19, 1933) is an American novelist.
Severo Sarduy
Severo Sarduy (Camagüey, Cuba; February 25, 1937 – Paris; June 8, 1993) was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art.
Severo Sarduy (Camagüey, Cuba; February 25, 1937 – Paris; June 8, 1993) was a Cuban poet, author, playwright, and critic of Cuban literature and art.
Steven Millhauser
Steven Millhauser (born August 3, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Steven Millhauser (born August 3, 1943) is an American novelist and short story writer.
Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist.
Umberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist.
Álvaro Mutis
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist and author of the compendium The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist and author of the compendium The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.