Elisa Shua Dusapin Explained

Elisa Shua Dusapin
Notable Works:	Winter in Sokcho

Elisa Shua Dusapin, born 23 October 1992 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, France, is a Franco-Korean writer currently living in Switzerland.^[1]

In 2016, Elisa Shua Dusapin published her first novel, Hiver à Sokcho, which won numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Translated Literature,^[2] the Prix Robert-Walser, Prix Alpha and the Prix Régine-Deforges.^[3]

Her second novel, Les Billes du Pachinko, was published in 2018.

Bibliography

Novels

• Hiver à Sokcho (2016). Winter in Sokcho, trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Daunt Books, 2020; Open Letter Books, 2021).
• Les Billes du Pachinko (2018). The Pachinko Parlour, trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Daunt Books/Open Letter Books, 2022).
• Vladivostok Circus (2020). Trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Daunt Books/Open Letter Books, 2024).
• Le vieil incendie (2023)

Novellas and tales

• "C'était une nuit de fièvre" (2011). Published in Contes et Nouvelles (Prix Interrégional Jeunes Auteurs).^[4]
• "Les Ursulines" (2017). Published in Addict Culture.^[5]
• "L’œil sans paupière" (2018). Published in Le Temps.^[6]
• Le Colibri (2022)

Musicals

• M'sieur Boniface (2015)
• Olive en bulle (2018)

Other

• Le regard du Lièvre (2018), photos by René Lièvre with text by Elisa Shua Dusapin

Awards and honors

• 2016: Prix Robert-Walser for Hiver à Sokcho
• 2017: Prix Régine Desforges for Hiver à Sokcho
• 2019: Prix suisse de littérature for Les Billes du Pachinko
• 2021: National Book Award for Translated Literature for Winter in Sokcho, translated from the French by Aneesa Abbas Higgins^[7]
• 2023: Prix Wepler for Le vieil incendie^[8]
• 2023: Prix Fénéon for Le vieil incendie

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sandra van Lente. From Birmingham to Sokcho – a Conversation with Author Élisa Shua Dusapin and Translator Aneesa Abbas Higgins – Literary Field Kaleidoscope. 2020-12-30. en-GB.
2. Web site: National Book Awards 2021 . November 17, 2021 . National Book Foundation.
3. 19 January 2017. 8 romans sélectionnés pour le prix Regine Deforges. www.actualitte.com.
4. Web site: PIJA 2011, Contes et Nouvelles – Editions de l'Hèbe . 2024-06-21 . fr-FR.
5. Web site: Dusapin . Elisa Shua . 2017-06-06 . Les Ursulines . 2024-06-21 . Addict Culture . fr-FR.
6. News: 2018-08-18 . Une nouvelle inédite: «L’œil sans paupière» - Le Temps . 2024-06-21 . fr . 1423-3967.
7. Web site: National Book Awards 2021 . November 17, 2021 . National Book Foundation.
8. Web site: L'autrice romande Elisa Shua Dusapin remporte le Prix Wepler 2023. November 15, 2023. RTS.