GauZ'

GauZ' is the author name of Armand Patrick Gbaka-Brédé. He was born in 1971 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.[1] GauZ' is a photographer, screenwriter, editor of a satirical Ivorian economic newspaper, and the author of four books, one of which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2023.[2] He currently lives in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast.

GauZ'
GauZ' in October 2014
Born1971
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Notable worksDebout-Payé

Biography

GauZ' was born in 1971 in Abidjan. His father was a teacher and a socialist deputy, and his mother was a nurse and communist.[3] As a child he stayed with family when his parents went to Paris to study.[4]

When he was 28, he arrived in France with a master's degree in biochemistry and a scholarship to do another master's degree in biochemistry.[5] He worked for two years as a security guard. He has two children, who still live in Paris.

After publishing the novel Debout-Payé -- published in 2014 and shortlisted, as Standing Heavy in English, for the International Booker Prize in 2023 -- he returned to Ivory Coast. He recently created Srèlè, the Ivorian publishing house.

Works
  • Debout-Payé, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2014.[6] Translated by Frank Wynne as Standing Heavy (MacLehose Press, 2022; Biblioasis, International Translation Series, 2023).[7]
  • Après l'Océan movie screenplay, Le Nouvel Attila
  • Camarade Papa, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2018.[8] The book is about "Ivory Coast, Marxism Leninism, and colonization."[9]
  • Black Manoo, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2020.[10]
  • Cocoaïans (Naissance d’une nation chocolat), L’Arche, 2022[11]

Awards

References
  1. "GauZ'". L'Arche Éditeur.
  2. "Standing Heavy". International Book Prize.
  3. Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  4. Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  5. Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  6. "Debout-Payé". Le Nouvel Attila (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  7. "Standing Heavy (trade paper)". Biblioasis. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  8. "Camarade papa". Le Nouvel Attila (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  9. Marivat, Gladys (August 26, 2018). "«J'ai deux cultures en moi »". Le Monde.
  10. "Black Manoo". Le Nouvel Attila (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  11. Cocoaïans (Naissance d'une nation chocolat) (in French). 2022-08-19. ISBN 978-2-38198-042-3.
  12. "Grand Prix littéraire d'Afrique noire". Library of Congress.

References
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