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Prix Décembre
The ''Prix Décembre'', originally known as the ''Prix Novembre'', is one of France's premier literary awards. It was founded under the name ''Prix Novembre'' in 1989 by Philippe Dennery (Michel Dennery, according to other sources). In 1998, the founder resigned after he disapproved awarding of the prize to Michel Houellebecq's novel ''Atomised''. The prize then got a new patron – Pierre Bergé – and a new name: ''Prix Decembre''. Winners: * ''Prix Novembre'': **1989 – Guy Dupré, ''Les Manoeuvres d'automne'' **1990 – François Maspero, ''Les Passagers du Roissy-Express'' **1991 – Raphaël Confiant, ''Eau de café'' **1992 – Henri Thomas, ''La Chasse au trésor'' and Roger Grenier, ''Regardez la neige qui tombe'' **1993 – René de Obaldia. ''Exobiographie'' **1994 – Jean Hatzfeld, ''L'Air de guerre'' and Éric Holder, ''La Belle Jardinière'' **1995 – Jean Échenoz, ''Les Grandes Blondes'' **1996 – Régis Debray, ''Loués soient nos seigneurs: une éducation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydie Salvayre
Lydie Salvayre (born ''Lydie Arjona'' in 1948) is a French writer. Born in the south of France to Republican refugees from the Spanish Civil War, she went on to study medicine in Toulouse and continues to work as a practicing psychiatrist. She has been awarded the Prix Hermes, the Prix Décembre for her work, and the 2014 Prix Goncourt for '' Pas pleurer''. Works * ''La Déclaration'' (1990) * '' La Vie commune'' (1991) - translated into English as ''Everyday Life'' (Dalkey Archive Press 2006) * ''La Médaille'' (1993) - translated into English as ''The Award'' (Four Walls Eight Windows 1997) * ''La Puissance des mouches'' (1995) - translated into English as ''The Power of Flies'' (Dalkey Archive Press 2007) * ''La Compagnie des spectres'' (1997) - translated into English as ''The Company of Ghosts'' (Dalkey Archive Press 2006) * ''Quelques conseils aux élèves huissiers'' (1997) * ''La Conférence de Cintegabelle'' (1999) - translated into English as ''The Lecture'' (Dalkey A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Schiffter
Frédéric Schiffter (born 1956) is a French writer and philosopher. Works *1985: ''Métaphysique du frimeur. Lettre sur l'élégance'', Éditions du Milan *1997: '' On Dandyism and George Brummell'' (preface) *1999: ''Guy Debord, l'atrabilaire'', PUF *2001: ''Sur le blabla et le chichi des philosophes'', PUF, coll. « Perspectives critiques », *2002: ''Pensées d’un philosophe sous Prozac'', Milan *2004: ''Le Plafond de Montaigne'', Milan, coll. « Pause philo » *2004: ''Contre Debord'', PUF, coll. « Perspectives critiques » *2005: ''Petite philosophie du surf'', Milan *2006: ''Le Philosophe sans qualités'', Flammarion *2007: ''Traité du cafard'', *2008: ''Le Bluff éthique'', Flammarion *2009: ''Délectations moroses'', Le Dilettante *2010: ', Flammarion, (Prix Décembre 2010). *2012: ''La Beauté, une éducation esthétique'', Autrement *2013: ''Le Charme des penseurs tristes'', Flammarion, *2014: ''Dictionnaire ''chic'' de philosophie'', Écriture *2016: ''On ne meur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Jean-Philippe Toussaint (29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel ''Fuir'' (''Running Away''), second volume of the « Cycle of Marie », a four-tome chronicle published over ten years and displaying the separation of Marie and her lover. His 2009 novel ''La Vérité sur Marie'' (''The Truth about Marie''), third volume of the cycle, won the Prix Décembre. Biography Family Jean-Philippe Toussaint was born in Brussels, son of the Belgian journalist and writer Yvon Toussaint (1933–2013) and a bookseller mother of Lithuanian descent Monique Toussaint (née Lanskoronskis), but mostly raised in Paris where his father was the correspondent in France of the Belgian newspaper ''Le Soir''. He's the brother of the Belgian cinema producer Anne-Dominique Toussaint. He live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Énard
Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin. He won several awards for ''Zone'', including the Prix du Livre Inter and the Prix Décembre, and won the Prix Goncourt/Le Choix de l’Orient, the , and the Prix du Roman-News for ''Rue des Voleurs'' (''Street of Thieves''). He won the 2015 Prix Goncourt for '' Boussole'' (''Compass''). In 2020 he was Friedrich Dürrenmatt Guest Professor for World Literature at the University of Bern. Awards and honours *2004 Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie for ''La Perfection du tir'' *2004 Prix Edmée-de-La-Rochefoucauld for ''La Perfection du tir'' *2008 Prix Décembre for ''Zone'' *2008 Prix Candide for ''Zone'' *2008 Bourse Thyde-Monnier SGDL for ''Zone'' *2008 Prix Cadmous for ''Zone'' *2009 Prix Initiales for ''Zone'' *2009 Inter Book Prize for ''Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yannick Haenel
Yannick Haenel (born 1967, Rennes) is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine '. Biography The son of a soldier, Yannick Haenel studied at the Prytanée National Militaire at La Flèche. From 1997, he codirected the magazine ''Ligne de risque'' with François Meyronnis. Until 2005 he was a teacher of French at lycée La Bruyère in Versailles. He published several novels, including ''Introduction à la mort française'' and ''Évoluer parmi les avalanches'', as well as an essay about the tapestries of ''The Lady and the Unicorn'': ''À mon seul désir''. He also directed two volumes of interviews with Philippe Sollers: ''Ligne de risque'' and ''Poker''. In 2007, he published ''Cercle'' (Éditions Gallimard), a novel which earned him the prix Décembre and the prix Roger Nimier. In 2007, a controversy arose with Alina Reyes who accused him of plagiarism. In 2008-2009, Haenel was a resident at the French Academy in Rome, the Villa Médicis. In 2009, he was aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Guyotat
Pierre Guyotat (9 January 1940 – 7 February 2020) was a French writer. Early life Pierre Guyotat was born on 9 January 1940 in Bourg-Argental, Loire. Literary career 1960s–1970s Guyotat wrote his first novel, '' Sur un cheval'', in 1960. He was called to Algeria in the same year to fight in the Algerian War. In 1962 he was found guilty of desertion and publishing forbidden material. After three months in jail he was transferred to a disciplinary centre. Back in Paris, he got involved in journalism, writing first for '' France Observateur'', then for ''Nouvel Observateur''. In 1964, Guyotat published his second novel ''Ashby''. Between 1964 and 1975, Guyotat travelled extensively in the Sahara. In July 1967, he was invited to Cuba, along with other writers, where he travelled to the Sierra Maestra with Fidel Castro. In 1967, he published '' Tombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats'' (later released in English as ''Tomb for 500,000 Soldiers''). Based on his ordeal as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dantzig
Charles Dantzig is a French author, born in Tarbes (France) on October 7, 1961. Early life and career Charles Dantzig was born into a family of professors of medicine. He was of Alsatian German descent. He obtained the baccalauréat at the age of seventeen, and then decided to study Law. Having completed a doctorate in Law from the university of Toulouse, he moved to Paris. A few years later, at the age of twenty-eight, he published an essay on Remy de Gourmont entitled ''Remy de Gourmont, Cher Vieux Daim !'' ( Le Rocher, 1990), soon followed by his first collection of poems, ''Le chauffeur est toujours seul', to critical acclaim. Author and publisher Charles Dantzig joined the publishing company Les Belles Lettres, launching three new collections: "Brique", specialising in contemporary literature, "Eux & nous", in which French writers discuss the authors of classical Antiquity, and "Trésors de la nouvelle", which, as its name suggests, specialises in short stories. He publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Forest
Philippe Forest (born 18 June 1962) is a French author and professor of literature. He has been awarded the First Novel Prix Femina (1997) and the Prix Décembre (2004), and his works have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. He has taught at several Universities, including Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Saint-Andrews, and the University of Nantes. Publications ;Novels, French * ''L'enfant éternel'' (Prix Femina), Gallimard, 1997; Folio, 1998 * ''Toute la nuit'', Gallimard, 1999 * ''Sarinagara'' (Prix Décembre), Gallimard 2004; Folio, 2006 * ''Le Nouvel Amour'', Gallimard, 2007 * ''Le siècle des nuages'', Gallimard, 2010 ;Novels, translated * ''Sarinagara'', Mercury House, 2009 ;Essays *''Philippe Sollers'', Seuil, 1992 *''Camus'', Marabout, 1992 *''Le Mouvement surréaliste'', Vuibert, 1994 *''Textes et labyrinthes : Joyce, Kafka, Muir, Borges, Butor, Robbe-Grillet'', éd. Inter-universitaires, 1995 *''Histoire de Tel Quel'', Seuil, 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Régis Jauffret
Régis Jauffret is a French writer and winner of the Prix Femina, 2005, for ''Asiles de fous''. Works *''Seule au milieu d'elle: roman'', Denoël, 1985, *''Les gouttes: pièce en un acte'', Denoël, 1985, *''Sur un tableau noir: roman'', Gallimard, 1993, *''Histoire d'amour'', Gallimard, 1999, *''Clémence Picot'', Gallimard, 2000, *''Cet extrême amour'', Encre bleue éd., 2000, *''Les jeux de plage: fictions'', Gallimard, 2002, *''Promenade'', Gallimard, 2003, *''L'enfance est un rêve d'enfant'', Gallimard, 2004, ISBN 978-2-84335-212-6 *''Univers, univers'', Gallimard, 2005, *''Asiles de fous'', Gallimard, 2005, *''Microfictions'', Gallimard, 2007, *''Lacrimosa: roman'', Gallimard, 2008, ISBN 978-2-07-012204-2 *''Ce que c'est que l'amour: et autres microfictions'', Gallimard, 2009, *''Stricte intimité'', Editions Gallimard, 2009, *''Sévère'', Seuil, 2010, *''Tibère et Marjorie'', Le Seuil, 2010, *''Claustria'' (Le Seuil, collection « Cadre rouge »), 2012, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Michon
Pierre Michon (born 28 March 1945, Châtelus-le-Marcheix, Creuse) is a French writer. His first novel, ''Small lives'' (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He has won several prizes for ''Small lives'' and for ''The Origin of the World'' (1996) as well as for his body of work. His novels and stories have been translated into German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Norwegian, Estonian and English. He won the 2017 International Nonino Prize in Italy. Works * 1984: ''Small Lives'' (''Vies minuscules''). **Translated by Jody Gladding and Elizabeth Deshays for Archipelago Books, 2008. * 1988: ''Life of Joseph Roulin'' (''Vie de Joseph Roulin'').'' **Translated by Wyatt Mason for Mercury House and included in ''Masters and Servants'', 1997. * 1997: ''L'empereur d'Occident''. * 1990: ''Masters and Servants'' (''Maîtres et serviteurs''). **Translated by Wyatt Mason for Mercury House, 1997. * 1991: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloé Delaume
Chloé Delaume (born Nathalie Dalain in 1973) is a French novelist, performer, musician, and occasional singer. Biography Born in Paris, Delaume spent her childhood in Beirut. In 1983, at ten years old, she witnessed her father murder her mother, then kill himself. She then lived with her grandparents, her uncle and aunt. She is the niece of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Delaume enrolled at the Université de Paris X to become a teacher, just like her mother did. Seemingly disappointed by the university's system, Delaume decided to write on her own while getting jobs as a waitress at hostess bars, which prompted her to write her first published novel for Farrago/Léo Scheer editions: ''Les Mouflettes d'Atropos''. She then collaborated under her birth name on the literary magazine Le matricule des anges. ''Chloé Delaume'' is her pen name: the name Chloé hails from the heroine of the novel '' L'Écume des jours'' by Boris Vian and her last name, Delaume, comes from Antonin Arta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
