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Mohamed Mbougar Sarr was born in Dakar in 1990. He studied literature and philosophy at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Brotherhood, his first novel, won the Grand Prix du Roman Metis, the Prix Ahmadou Kourouma, and the French Voices Grand Prize. The president of Senegal named him a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit. He won the 2021 Goncourt Prize for his novel The Most Secret Memory of Men, becoming the first sub-Saharan African to do so. Lara Vergnaud is a translator of prose, creative nonfiction, and scholarly works from the French. She is the recipient of two PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants and a French Voices Grand Prize, and has been nominated for the National Translation Award. She lives in Washington, DC.
“[The Most Secret Memory of Men] travels through space and time, from contemporary Paris to postwar Argentina to a Senegalese village. Besides the main narrator, a collection of voices complement one another to form an overall story, as one of the novel’s main goals is to put different realities and traditions ‘on the same level.’” —New York Times “Captivating, precise, sensual prose. A book that will stir your emotions and make you think. A love letter to literature, this novel is already a classic and it will haunt you.” —Leïla Slimani, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny “More than an engrossing investigation into the mysterious author of a cursed book, Sarr’s magnificent novel also offers a profound reflection on the resonance of literature in our lives.” —David Diop, International Booker Prize–winning author of At Night All Blood Is Black “The impressive ambition and stunning narrative energy of The Most Secret Memory of Men carried all before it.” —Le Monde “The revelation of the literary year.” —L’Express
