GauZ' explained

Birth Date:	1971
Birth Place:	Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Notable Works:	Debout-Payé
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.

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

• Debout-Payé, 2014 Prix des libraires Gibert Joseph; shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize
• Camarade Papa (2018), Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire^[12]

External links

• His website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20141019215659/http://www.franceculture.fr/evenement-rencontre-avec-gauz-lauteur-de-debout-paye
• http://www.liberation.fr/livres/2014/09/17/gauz-veni-vidi-vigile_1102604
• http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2014/09/17/03005-20140917ARTFIG00141-les-invisibles-prennent-la-plume.php
• http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2014/09/04/solidarite-vigile_4481651_3260.html
• http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/le-palmares-des-20-meilleurs-livres-de-l-annee-selon-la-redaction-de-lire_1626307.html
• http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/gibert-joseph-attribue-son-premier-prix-gauz

Notes and References

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