David Diop (novelist)

David Diop (born 1966) is a French novelist and academic. A specialist in 18th-century literature, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens in 2018 for his novel Frère d'âme.

For the 20th-century French West African poet, see David Diop.

Biography

David Diop was born in Paris in 1966. He spent a large part of his childhood in Senegal before returning to study in France.

In 1998, he became a lecturer in literature at the University of Pau and the Adour Region.[1] He now heads the arts, languages, and literature department at the university.[2]

He published his first book, a work of historical fiction titled 1889, l'Attraction universelle, in 2012. In 2018, he published his first full-length scholarly work, Rhétorique nègre au xviiie siècle, which deals with the representation of Africans in 18th-century travel writing and abolitionist texts.[1]

His second novel, Frère d'âme, which interweaves the history of World War I with the history of colonialism, was published in 2018. That year, he received the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens for the novel.[3][4]

Frère d'âme was released in English translation in November 2020, with the title At Night All Blood Is Black.[5][2]

Selected works
  • 1889, l'Attraction universelle (2012)
  • Rhétorique nègre au xviiie siècle (2018)
  • Frère d'âme (2018)
  • At Night All Blood Is Black (English translation by Anna Moschovakis, 2020)

References
  1. Contreras, Isabel (2018-11-15). "Le Goncourt des lycéens 2018 pour David Diop". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. Nayar, Varun (October 2020). "A Bereaved Soldier Looks for Revenge in David Diop's Disturbing 'At Night All Blood is Black'". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. Kaprièlian, Nelly (2018-10-30). "Rencontre avec la grande révélation de la rentrée littéraire, David Diop". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. "Goncourt des lycéens : le Palois David Diop a été reçu à l'Élysée". La République des Pyrénées (in French). 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. "David Diop". Cultural Services French Embassy in the United States. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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