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Elisa Shua Dusapin

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

References