Mathias Énard

Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist.

He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East.

He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin.

He won several awards for Zone, including the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Décembre, and won the Liste Goncourt/Le Choix de l'Orient, the Prix littéraire de la Porte Dorée [fr], and the Prix du Roman-News for Rue des Voleurs (Street of Thieves).

In 2020 he was Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature[1] at the University of Bern.