Writers for tomorrow

[Francois Monti]

French literature magazine Lire (www.lire.fr) publishes in its May issue 
a list of "50 writers for tomorrow"). They decided to exclude french 
writers and focus on foreigners, and admitted that their view might be 
biased since they read in French only, so their selection was already 
based on the selection of publishing companies and translator. Find 
below the complete list, in no particular order.

Who do you think deserves its place in the list, who else do you think 
should have been included, instead of some more mediocre novelist? I'm 
more specifically thinking of writers who have only published a couple 
of books, who have most of their career ahead of them...

I think they have left out a major writer whose sole infortune is to be 
Thailandese (which means he has only be published french and spanish 
because there happens to be a French / Thailandese who dedicates himself 
to traducings of authors of his country of origin). His name is Saneh 
Sangsuk. Three of his works have been traduced, each of them rather 
different. "L'ombre blanche" (White Shadow) is a sort of 
autobiographical novel, abouth his youth in Bangogk and at the 
countryside. It's a very powerful narration, with some very violent, 
dark, atmosphere. His second story is "Venin" (Venom), a very short and 
fascinating account of the fight between a huge viper and the little boy 
of a farmer. The tongue and the style are beautiful, very classical in a 
way, extremely different to the more shopisticated, experimental tones 
of "L'ombre blanche". The last one I've read is "Une histoire vieille 
comme la pluie" (A story as old as rain). It's the story of the struggle 
of a young thai farmer with nature and especially with a tiger. The 
animal takes a sort of mythical, supernatural role. It's really powerful 
and should appeal to many discening readers. Unfortunately I don't know 
if it will ever be published in its english translation.
http://www.thaifiction.com/english/white.html
http://www.thaifiction.com/profile.html

"lire: 50 'écrivains pour demain"
Hwang Sok-Yong
Hitonari Tsuji
Nikki Gemmell
Tim Winton
Elliott Perlman
Damon Galgut
Ibrahim Al-Koni
Ma Jian
Alain Mabanckou
Abdourahman A Waberi
Romesh Gunesekera
Barlen Pyamootoo
Akil Sharma
Hari Kunzru
Patricia Melo
Rohinton Mistry
Edwidge Danticat
Ignacio Padilla
Guillermo Arriaga
Brad Watson
Michael Faber
Colson Whitehead
Sherman Alexie
Jeffrey Eugenides
Rick Moody
Jonathan Safran Foer
Chang-Rae Lee
Asli Erdogan
Atiq Rahimi
Alona Kimhi
Viktor Pelevine
Andrei Guelassimov
Andrei Kourkov
Marica Bodzoric
Aleksandar Hemon
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Juan Manuel De Prada
Peter Stamm
Sherko Fatah
Zsuzsa Bank
Sarah Hall
Adam Thirlwell
Zadie Smith
Panos Karnezis
Alison Louie Kennedy
Hugo Hamilton
Keith Ridgway
Robert McLiam Wilson
Michael Collins
Colum McCann