Jérôme Ferrari
Illustration — Jérôme Ferrari, 2010 Jérôme Ferrari (born 1968 in Paris) is a French writer and translator. He won the 2012 Prix Goncourt for his novel Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome (The Sermon on the Fall of Rome). Ferrari has lived in Corsica and taught philosophy at the Lycée international Alexandre-Dumas in Algiers for several years, then at the Lycée Fesch of Ajaccio.
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Jérôme Ferrari
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- Born
- 1968 · Paris.
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- France
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- writer · translator
- Education
- University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
- Known for
- The Sermon on the Fall of Rome
- Honours
- Prix Roman France Télévisions · Prix Goncourt · Europese Literatuurprijs
- Languages
- French
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Illustration — Jérôme Ferrari, 2010 Jérôme Ferrari (born 1968 in Paris) is a French writer and translator. He won the 2012 Prix Goncourt for his novel Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome (The Sermon on the Fall of Rome). Ferrari has lived in Corsica and taught philosophy at the Lycée international Alexandre-Dumas in Algiers for several years, then at the Lycée Fesch of Ajaccio.
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He was a professor of philosophy at the French School of Abu Dhabi until 2015. Several of his novels have been translated into English, including Where I Left My Soul (2012), which is "set in the mid-1950s during the Algerian war, looking backwards to the second world war and the French defeat in Indochina, and forwards to the collapse in 1958 of the Fourth Republic." Most recently, his novel In His Own Image was published in English translation by Europa Editions.
Jérôme Ferrari studied at University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are The Sermon on the Fall of Rome. Distinctions recorded are Prix Roman France Télévisions, Prix Goncourt and Europese Literatuurprijs.
• 2002 Aleph zéro • 2007 Dans le secret • 2008 Balco Atlantico (English translation: Balco Atlantico, 2019) • 2009 Un dieu un animal • 2012 Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome (English translation: The Sermon on the Fall of Rome, 2014) • 2010 Où j'ai laissé mon âme (English translation: Where I Left My Soul, 2012) • 2015 Le Principe (English translation: The Principle, 2016) • 2018 A son image (English translation: In His Own Image, 2022)
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Jérôme Ferrari is recorded as writer and translator.
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1968
Jérôme Ferrari born at Paris.
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• 2009 Prix Landerneau, Un dieu un animal • 2010 Grand Prix Poncetton, Où j'ai laissé mon âme • 2010 Prix Roman France Télévisions, Où j'ai laissé mon âme • 2012 Prix Goncourt, Le Sermon sur la chute de Rome
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- 1.Jérôme Ferrari, îlot trésor. Libération.
- 2.Jérôme Ferrari - Sa bio et toute son actualité - Elle. elle.fr.
- 3.Rencontre avec l'écrivain Jérôme Ferrari. France 3 Corse ViaStella. 2023-06-08.
- 4.Jérôme Ferrari : podcasts et actualités. Radio France.
- 5.Marianne Payot. L'altérité comme boussole. Lire magazine. 549. 34-36. Mars 2026.
- 6.Jérôme Ferrari. actes-sud.fr.
- 7.Jérôme Ferrari sacré par le prix Goncourt. Le Figaro. 7 novembre 2012.
- 8.« Le Monde » remet son prix littéraire à Jérôme Ferrari pour « À son image ». Le Monde.fr. 05 septembre 2018 lire en.
- 9.https://www.cairn.info/revue-essaim-2012-2-page-177.htm.
- 10.« Où j’ai laissé mon âme », de Jérôme Ferrari : par-delà le bien et le mal. Le Monde. 16-09-2010 lire en.
- 11."Où j'ai laissé mon âme", de Jérôme Ferrari. L'Or des livres. 30-08-2010.
- 12.https://www.babelio.com/livres/Ferrari-Nord-sentinelle/1635099/critiques#!.
- 13.Charcuter du touriste en Corse. en attendant Nadeau. 02/09/2024.
- 14.Jérôme Ferrari : « Mon terrain d’observation commence en moi-même ». lemonde.fr. 20/10/2024.
- 15.https://www.telerama.fr/livre/tres-breve-theorie-de-l-enfer-de-jerome-ferrari-un-conte-moral-virtuose_cri-7043527.php..
- 16."Très brève théorie de l’enfer" de Jérôme Ferrari : une écriture élaborée et un récit qui embarque : épisode du podcast Les coups de cœur littéraires…. France Inter. 17-05-2026.
- 17.https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2026/03/04/le-nouveau-roman-de-jerome-ferrari-tres-breve-theorie-de-l-enfer-situe-aux-emirats-arabes-unis-est-une-brulante-lecon-de-culpabilite_6669563_3260.html
- 18.Ernaux, Le Clézio, Le Tellier. 300 écrivains dénoncent un «génocide» à Gaza. Le Figaro. 2025-05-27.
- 19.Le prix Landerneau revient à Jérôme Ferrari. livreshebdo.fr. 3 juin 2009.
- 20.Grand Prix Poncetton de la SGDL. prix-litteraires.net.
- 21.Jérôme Ferrari remporte le Prix du Roman France Télévisions. bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. Nouvel Obs 05/11/2010.
- 22.En enfer, où sont le bien et le mal ?. archives.lesoir.be. Le Soir, vendredi 12 novembre 2010.
- 23.Le Goncourt pour Jérôme Ferrari. Livres hebdo.
- 24.Grégoire Leménager. Le Goncourt pour Ferrari, le Renaudot pour Scholastique Mukasonga. Nouvel Obs.
- 25.« Le Monde » remet son prix littéraire à Jérôme Ferrari pour « À son image ». Le Monde.fr. 05 septembre 2018 lire en.
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