Alain Nadaud
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Alain Nadaud (5 July 1948 – 12 June 2015) was a French novelist, writer and diplomat.[1][2] He was born in Paris and studied literature at Nanterre, obtaining a master's degree. Nadaud then taught literature abroad, in Nouakchott, Mauritania and in Basra, Iraq. After completing a doctorate, he went abroad again to teach French in Kwara state in Nigeria. Back in Paris, he taught philosophy until 1985.
After the publication of his first novel Archéologie du zéro in 1984, Nadaud joined the publisher Denoël, where he was in charge of manuscripts. After a stint with Ramsay, he worked at Balland and then Belfond. He wrote for numerous journals before founding the literary magazine Quai Voltaire. Known for his historical novels, he won the Prix Mediterranee for Auguste fulminant.
Appointed to the French embassy in Tunisia in 1994, Nadaud later served as cultural attaché at the French consulate in Quebec.
Novels
- Archéologie du zéro, Denoël, 1984
- L'Envers du temps, Denoël, 1985
- Désert physique, Denoël, 1987
- L'Iconoclaste, Quai Voltaire, 1989
- La Mémoire d'Érostrate, Le Seuil, 1992
- Le Livre des malédictions, Grasset, 1995
- Auguste fulminant, Grasset, 1997
- Une aventure sentimentale, Verticales, 1999
- La Fonte des glaces, Grasset, 2000
- Les Années mortes, Grasset, 2004
- Le Vacillement du monde, Actes Sud, 2006
- Si Dieu existe, Albin Michel, 2007
- Le passage du col, Albin Michel, 2009
- La plage des demoiselles, Éditions Léo Scheer, 2010
- D'écrire j'arrête, Tarabuste Éditeur, 2010
Other works
- La Tache aveugle, Éditeurs français réunis, 1980 (réédition Messidor 1990).
- Voyage au pays des bords du gouffre, Denoël, 1986.
- L'Iconolâtre, Tarabuste, 1995.
- Petit catalogue des nations barbares, L'Or du temps, Tunis, 1999.
- Ivre de livres, Balland, 1989.
- Malaise dans la littérature, Champ Vallon, 1993.
- Aux portes des enfers, enquête géographique littéraire et historique, Actes Sud, 2004.
- La Représentation, Dumerchez, 1991 (play)
- Vilas Sarang : Le Terroriste et autres récits, Denoël, 1988 (translation)
References
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- 1985: Nicolas Saudray
- 1986: Chochana Boukhobza
- 1987: François Fontaine
- 1988: Dominique Fernandez
- 1989: Jules Roy
- 1990: Philippe Le Guillou
- 1991: Tahar Djaout
- 1992: Robert Solé
- 1993: Jean Thuillier
- 1994: Tahar Ben Jelloun
- 1995: André Chouraqui
- 1996: Hector Bianciotti
- 1997: Jean-Christophe Rufin
- 1998: Alain Nadaud
- 1999: Jean Daniel
- 2000: Albert Cossery
- 2001: Edmonde Charles-Roux
- 2002: Jean-Paul Mari
- 2003: François Sureau
- 2004: Amin Maalouf
- 2005: Jean-Pierre Vernant
- 2006: Michel del Castillo
- 2007: Emile Brami
- 2008: Louis Gardel
- 2009: Alexandre Najjar
- 2010: Dominique Baudis
- 2011: Pierre Assouline
- 2012: Jean-Noël Pancrazi
- 2013: Nedim Gürsel
- 2014: Gérard de Cortanze
- 2015: Valérie Zenatti
- 2016: Teresa Cremisi
- 2017: Metin Arditi
- 2018: Kamel Daoud
- 2019: Jérôme Ferrari
- 2020: Mahi Binebine
- 1992: Luis Landero
- 1993: Ismail Kadare
- 1994: Juan Goytisolo
- 1995: Adunis
- 1996: Yaşar Kemal
- 1997: Besnik Mustafaj
- 1998: Boutros Boutros-Ghali
- 1999: Pietro Citati
- 2000: Yoram Kaniuk
- 2001: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- 2002: Umberto Eco
- 2003: Baltasar Porcel
- 2004: Jaume Cabré
- 2005: Antonio Tabucchi
- 2006: Orhan Pamuk
- 2007: Claudio Magris
- 2008: Sandro Veronesi
- 2009: Almudena Grandes
- 2010: Amos Oz
- 2011: Dimitris Stefanakis
- 2012: Antonio Muñoz Molina
- 2013: José Carlos Llop
- 2014: Javier Cercas
- 2015: Milena Agus
- 2016: Lluís Llach
- 2017: Ersi Sotiropoulou
- 2018: Daniel Mendelsohn
- 2019: Marco Balzano
- 2022: Giosuè Calaciura