Éric Vuillard, author portrait
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Éric Vuillard

Éric Vuillard is an award-winning author and filmmaker who has written eleven books, including Conquistadors (winner of the 2010 Prix Ignatius J. Reilly), and La bataille d’Occident and Congo (both of which received the 2012 Prix Franz-Hessel and the 2013 Prix Valery-Larbaud). He won the 2017 Goncourt Prize, France’s most prestigious literary prize, for The Order of the Day (Other Press, 2018) and was a finalist for the International Booker Prize for The War of the Poor (Other Press, 2020). Born in Lyon in 1968, he now lives in Rennes, France.
An Honorable Exit
The War of the Poor

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An Honorable Exit
The War of the Poor

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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