Elisa Shua Dusapin (born 23 October 1992 in Sarlat-la-Canéda, France) is a Franco-Swiss writer, with Korean origins through her mother, currently living in Switzerland.
Career She studied at the Swiss Literary Institute. In 2016, Elisa Shua Dusapin published her first novel, Hiver à Sokcho, which won numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Translated Literature, the Prix Robert-Walser, Prix Alpha and the Prix Régine-Deforges. In 2024, the novel was adapted into the film Winter in Sokcho by the Franco-Japanese director Koya Kamura.
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). The Old Fire, trans. Aneesa Abbas Higgins (Summit Books, 2026).
Novellas and tales
"C'était une nuit de fièvre" (2011). Published in Contes et Nouvelles (Prix Interrégional Jeunes Auteurs). "Les Ursulines" (2017). Published in Addict Culture. "L’œil sans paupière" (2018). Published in Le Temps. 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 2023: Prix Wepler for Le vieil incendie 2023: Prix Fénéon for Le vieil incendie
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