After having received last month the Prix Louis-Guilloux 2016 https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-17257-icihaiti-literature-the-writer-makenzy-orcel-laureate-of-prix-louis-guilloux-2016.html Haitian writer Makenzy Orcel was chosen by the Jury of Prix Littérature-monde of Festival Étonnants Voyageurs of Saint-Malo, Laureate for his third novel "L'ombre animale" published in January 2016 to Zulma Editions.

The jury chaired by Ananda Devi, was composed of : Paule Constant, Nancy Huston, Dany Lafferière, Michel Le Bris, Atiq Rahimi, Jean Rouaud et Boualem Sansal. The awards ceremony will take place Saturday, May 14 at the 27th festival Saint-Malo Étonnants Voyageurs.

Learn more about Makenzy Orcel :

Makenzy Orcel was born in Haiti in 1983. After studies in linguistics, he left the university to devote himself to writing. Following the earthquake in January 2010, he wrote his first novel "Les immortelles" for which he received the Prix Thyde-Monnier from the "société des Gens de lettres". In 2011, he published "Les latrines" n which he continues his exploration of the lowlands, in the maze of slums of Port-au-Prince. In 2012, the Reflection and Action Group for a New Haiti (GRAHN) awarded him the French-speaking Literature of the year Prize. In January 2016, he published his third novel "L'ombre animale" to Zulma Editions.

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