Dinaw Mengestu
- Dinaw Mengestu
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Dinaw Mengestu est un écrivain américain né en 1978 à Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie.
Biographie
Sa famille quitte l'Éthiopie lorsqu'il est âgé de 2ans. Il est élevé à Peoria (Illinois), puis dans les faubourgs de Chicago.
Il obtient un BA en anglais de l'université de Georgetown et un MFA en fiction de l'université Columbia.
Il publie reportages et articles dans Rolling Stones, Harper's, The Wall Street Journal, etc.
Bibliographie
- Les belles choses que porte le ciel, [« The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears », 2007 - UK : « Children of the Revolution », 2007], trad. de Anne Wicke, Paris, Éditions Albin Michel, 2007, 3003 p. (ISBN 978-2226179760)
- - Prix du Premier Roman Étranger 2007[1]
- Ce qu'on peut lire dans l'air, [« How to Read the Air », 2010], trad. de Michèle Albaret-Maatsch, Paris, Éditions Albin Michel, coll. « Terres d'Amérique », 2011, 300 p. (ISBN 978-2226229779)[2],[3]
Notes et références
Catégories :
- Écrivain américain du XXIe siècle
- Naissance à Addis-Abeba
- Naissance en 1978
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