Adrien Goetz (born 1966 in Caen,

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) is a French Art History Professor, art critic and

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others asp ...

. He graduated from the

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. His work appeared in '' Zurban'', and ''Beaux-Arts Magazine''. He is Lecturer in Art History at the

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., and the Editor of ''Grande Galerie'', the magazine published by the Louvre Museum. Adrien Goetz was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts - Institut de France in December 2018.

Awards

Prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives from ...

in 2004 for his novel '' La Dormeuse de Naples'' (The Sleeper of Naples). *prix du livre d'art du Syndicat National des Antiquaires, for ''Ingres Collages'' *2007 grand prix François-Victor Noury of the Institut de France, from the Académie Française

Bibliography

Novels

* ''Webcam'', 2003, Le Passage, 2003, ; Points, 2006, * '' La Dormeuse de Naples'', Seuil, 2004 * ''Marie-Antoinette'', 2005 * ''À bas la nuit!'' B. Grasset, 2006, ; LGF/Le Livre de Poche, 2009, * ''Intrigue à l'anglaise'' (Grasset) 2007 * ''Intrigue à Versailles'' Grasset, 2009, ; Hachette, 2010, * ''Le coiffeur de Chateaubriand'' (Grasset) 2010 * ''Villa Kérylos'' (Grasset) 2017, English translation ''Villa of Delirium'' (New Vessel Press) 2020

Art criticism

*''La Grande Galerie des peintures, itinéraires dans les collections'' (preface Jean-Jacques Aillagon, coédition Centre Pompidou-Louvre-Musée d'Orsay), 2003. *''Au Louvre, Les arts face à face'' (foreword

Henri Loyrette Henri Loyrette (born 31 May 1952 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a suburb of Paris) was the chairman of Admical, a French organisation dedicated to corporate philanthropy., and the former director of the Louvre Museum (2001–2013). He became first curato ...

, président directeur du musée du Louvre, coédition Hazan-Musée du Louvre), 2004. **''Louvre: the arts face to face'', Translator David Wharry, Illustrator Erich Lessing, Hazan, 2005, *''Marie-Antoinette'' (Éditions Assouline), 2005, . *''Ingres Collages'' (coédition Le Passage-Musée Ingres de Montauban), 2005. *''L' Atelier de Cézanne'', 2006

References

External links

Dialogues, 5 Questions à Adrien Goetz"Ingres Collages"
Adrien Goetz
Author's website
1966 births Living people Writers from Caen 21st-century French novelists École Normale Supérieure alumni Prix des Deux Magots winners Roger Nimier Prize winners French male novelists Knights of the Legion of Honour Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 21st-century French male writers {{France-novelist-20thC-stub