Elisa Shua Dusapin

Franco-Korean writer

Elisa Shua Dusapin

Notable work	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

References

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