Personality · Literature
Writer · Poet
- Theatre
📍 Birthplace Port-au-Prince, Ouest
🎂 Birthday September 18
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Makenzy Orcel is a Haitian novelist and poet who writes in French. His novel L'Ombre animale received the Prix Louis-Guilloux and Prix Littérature-Monde in 2016. His 2022 novel Une somme humaine was one of the four finalists for the Prix Goncourt. It later received the United States Choix Goncourt. Orcel was awarded the Anna Seghers Prize in 2023.
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Main works
- Les ImmortellesLes Immortelles · 2010
- Les LatrinesLes Latrines · 2011
- L'Ombre animaleL'Ombre animale · 2016
- L'EmpereurL'Empereur · 2021
- Une Somme HumaineUne Somme Humaine · 2022
- À l’aube des traversées et autres poèmesÀ l’aube des traversées et autres poèmes
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Career
- 2010Les ImmortellesWork
- 2010prix Thyde-MonnierDistinction
- 2011Les LatrinesWork
- 2015Prix littéraire des CaraïbesDistinction
- 2016L'Ombre animaleWork
- 2016Louis Guilloux PrizeDistinction
- 2016Éthiophile PrizeDistinction
- 2021L'EmpereurWork
- 2022Une Somme HumaineWork
- 2023Anna Seghers PrizeDistinction
Distinctions
- 2010prix Thyde-Monnier
- 2015Prix littéraire des Caraïbes
- 2016Louis Guilloux Prize
- 2016Éthiophile Prize
- 2023Anna Seghers Prize
Places
- Birthplace
- Port-au-Prince, Ouest
- Languages
- French
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q3280752 (CC0)
- Photo: Ngilozi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons