Gauz
# Gauz

Gauz is the author name of Patrick Armand-Gbaka Brede. He was born in 1971 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

## Biography

Gauz is a photographer, writer, editor of a satirical Ivorian economic newspaper, and the author of the novel Debout-Payé, published in 2014, Paris, by "Le Nouvel Attila". The book is the first recipient of a new award: "le prix des libraires" Gibert Joseph.

## Works

* Debout-Payé, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2014. 173 p. Translated by Frank Wynne as “Standing Heavy” (MacLehose Press, 2022). Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize
* Screenwriter of the movie "Après l'Océan", Le Nouvel Attila
* Camarade Papa, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2020, 264 p.
* Black Manoo, Paris, Le Nouvel Attila, 2020.

## Awards

* 2014 Prix des libraires Gibert Joseph for Debout-Payé
* Best first French novel of 2014 by the annual ranking Meilleurs livres de l'année du magazine Lire for Debout-Payé
