# Is "At Night All Blood Is Black" by David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis) a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of At Night All Blood Is Black by David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis) (Pushkin Press, 2020) is identified by: First English edition (translation of the French 'Frere d'ame'): Pushkin Press, London, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, both 2020. The French 'Frere d'ame' (Editions du Seuil, 2018) is the true first of the work.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- First English edition (translation of the French 'Frere d'ame'): Pushkin Press, London, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, both 2020
- Each carries a dated 'first published 2020' verso statement
- Winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize
- Moschovakis translation
- Publisher imprint reads Pushkin Press
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis) |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Year | 2020 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | First English edition (translation of the French 'Frere d'ame'): Pushkin Press, London, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, both 2020 |
| Book-club edition exists? | Yes |

## Points of issue
First English edition (translation of the French 'Frere d'ame'): Pushkin Press, London, and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, both 2020. Each carries a dated 'first published 2020' verso statement. Winner of the 2021 International Booker Prize; Moschovakis translation.

## Is this the true first?
The French 'Frere d'ame' (Editions du Seuil, 2018) is the true first of the work. Both 2020 English editions (Pushkin UK and FSG US) are the true firsts in English. The two appeared within weeks of one another in autumn 2020 and exact day-precedence between them is not reliably established, so neither is asserted here as preceding.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
Pushkin UK and FSG US firsts are distinguished by imprint and the dated verso statement. A 2021 Pushkin paperback is a later printing. No known book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *At Night All Blood Is Black* by David Diop (trans. Anna Moschovakis) a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/at-night-all-blood-is-black
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.