Edem Awumey

Edem Awumey
Born 1975
Lomé, Togo
Occupation novelist
Nationality Togolese/Canadian
Period 2000s-present
Notable works Port-Mélo, Les Pieds sales

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.[1]

His debut novel Port-Mélo won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2006,[2] and his second novel Les Pied sales was a shortlisted nominee for the Prix Goncourt in 2009.[1] 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,[3] and his fourth, Explication de la nuit, was published in 2013.[4] He is also the author of Tierno Monénembo: le roman de l'exil, a critical study of the work of Tierno Monénembo.

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