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Edem Awumey (born 1975 in Lomé, Togo) is a Togolese-Canadian writer. Born in Togo and educated in France, he has lived in Gatineau, Quebec since 2005. His debut novel Port-Mélo won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2006, and his second novel Les Pied sales was a shortlisted nominee for the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Dirty Feet, an English translation of Les Pieds sales by Lazer Lederhendler, was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Governor General's Award for French to English translation and the 2012 ReLit Award for fiction.

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  • Edem Awumey (born 1975 in Lomé, Togo) is a Togolese-Canadian writer. Born in Togo and educated in France, he has lived in Gatineau, Quebec since 2005. His debut novel Port-Mélo won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2006, and his second novel Les Pied sales was a shortlisted nominee for the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Dirty Feet, an English translation of Les Pieds sales by Lazer Lederhendler, was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Governor General's Award for French to English translation and the 2012 ReLit Award for fiction. His third novel, Rose déluge, was published in 2011, and his fourth, Explication de la nuit, was published in 2013. He is also the author of Tierno Monénembo: le roman de l'exil, a critical study of the work of Tierno Monénembo. At the 2018 Governor General's Awards, and won the Governor General's Award for French to English translation for Descent Into Night, the English translation of Explication de la nuit. His most recent novel, Mina parmi les ombres, was published in fall 2018. It was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction at the 2019 Governor General's Awards. (en)
  • Edem Awumey, né à Lomé le 11 juin 1975, est un écrivain vivant au Québec depuis 2005. (fr)
  • Edem Awumey, född i Lomé 1975, är en togolesisk författare, bosatt i Québec i Kanada. Han tog två litteraturexamina vid (1995-2000), och efter att år 2000 ha fått ett författarstipendium från Unesco reste Awumey till Frankrike, där han doktorerade i språk, litteratur och kulturell utveckling vid . Han deltog under 2006-2007 i projektet The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative och fick under ett år Tahar Ben Jelloun som mentor. Han skrev först noveller, men slog igenom med debutromanen Port-Mélo (2006), för vilken han fick . (sv)
  • Эдем Авумей (фр. Edem Awumey, 1975, Ломе) — тоголезский писатель. (ru)
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  • Edem Awumey, né à Lomé le 11 juin 1975, est un écrivain vivant au Québec depuis 2005. (fr)
  • Edem Awumey, född i Lomé 1975, är en togolesisk författare, bosatt i Québec i Kanada. Han tog två litteraturexamina vid (1995-2000), och efter att år 2000 ha fått ett författarstipendium från Unesco reste Awumey till Frankrike, där han doktorerade i språk, litteratur och kulturell utveckling vid . Han deltog under 2006-2007 i projektet The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative och fick under ett år Tahar Ben Jelloun som mentor. Han skrev först noveller, men slog igenom med debutromanen Port-Mélo (2006), för vilken han fick . (sv)
  • Эдем Авумей (фр. Edem Awumey, 1975, Ломе) — тоголезский писатель. (ru)
  • Edem Awumey (born 1975 in Lomé, Togo) is a Togolese-Canadian writer. Born in Togo and educated in France, he has lived in Gatineau, Quebec since 2005. His debut novel Port-Mélo won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2006, and his second novel Les Pied sales was a shortlisted nominee for the Prix Goncourt in 2009. Dirty Feet, an English translation of Les Pieds sales by Lazer Lederhendler, was also a shortlisted nominee for the 2011 Governor General's Award for French to English translation and the 2012 ReLit Award for fiction. (en)
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  • Edem Awumey (fr)
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  • Edem Awumey (sv)
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