Five years after At Night All Blood is Black was awarded the International Booker Prize, David Diop reflects on the intentions behind his novel, and the impact winning has had on his career
David Diop
- Born
David Diop was born in France and raised in Senegal; he is professor of 18th-century literature in southwest France
Diop’s second novel, At Night All Blood is Black (Frère d’âme, 2018), won the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, the Kourouma and Strega Europeo Prizes, and the Dutch Europese Literatuurprijs.
In 2021, he became the first French author to win the International Booker Prize, with translations of At Night All Blood is Black now available in over 40 languages.
His third novel, Beyond the Door of No Return (La Porte du voyage sans retour, 2021), was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award and the 2025 Dublin Literary Award. Where the Sky Rests (Où s’adosse le ciel) has just been published in France, with translations ongoing in English, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish and Dutch.
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Winner of the International Booker Prize 2021. A hypnotic, heartbreaking rendering of a mind hurtling towards madness, shattered by grief and the horror of war
By David Diop
Translated by Anna Moschovakis
At Night All Blood is Black
Winner of The International Booker Prize 2021
- By
- David Diop
- Translated by
- Anna Moschovakis
- Published by
- Pushkin Press
Winner of the International Booker Prize 2021. A hypnotic, heartbreaking rendering of a mind hurtling towards madness, shattered by grief and the horror of war
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