be his most successful book in the English language. In November 2010 the English translation of Le Roi de Kahel (The King of Kahel) was published by AmazonCrossing, Amazon.com's translated fiction publishing arm; it was the new publishing company's first translated and published book. Politics He was strongly critical of the military coup d'état of 23 December 2008, in Guinea having brought to power the junta led by captain Moussa Dadis Camara, just after the death of president Lansana Conté, who led the country with an iron fist since 1984. Remaining relatively quiet in 2009, on both a political and literary level, until the massacre of more than 150 civilians by the army on September 28 in Conakry, he then wrote a column published in Le Monde entitled "Guinea, Fifty Years of Independence and Hell" to condemn these killings and call the international community to action. Works 1979 : Les Crapauds-brousse, Éditions du Seuil 1986 : Les Écailles du ciel, Seuil 1991 : Un rêve utile, Seuil 1993 : Un attiéké pour Elgass, Seuil 1995 : Pelourinho, Seuil 1997 : Cinéma : roman, Seuil 2000 : L'Aîné des orphelins, Seuil — Prix Tropiques 2004 : Peuls, Seuil 2006 : La Tribu des gonzesses : théâtre, éditions Cauris 2008 : Le Roi de Kahel, Seuil — Prix Renaudot 2012 : Le Terroriste noir, Seuil — Prix Ahmadou-Kourouma, Grand prix Palatine 2015 : Les coqs cubains chantent à minuit, Seuil 2016 : Bled, Seuil Awards 1986: Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire ex-aequo, pour Les Écailles du ciel 2008: Prix Renaudot for Le Roi de Kahel 2012: Prix Erckmann-Chatrian and Grand prix du roman métis for Le Terroriste noir 2013: Grand prix Palatine and prix Ahmadou-Kourouma and Le Terroriste noir 2017: Grand Prix de la Francophonie References External links University of Nebraska page on The Oldest Orphan Guinean novelists Male novelists Guinean male writers 1947 births Living people Prix Renaudot winners