Vincent Delecroix (born 1969 in Paris) is a French philosopher and writer. A graduate from the
École normale supérieure, and
agrégé of philosophy, a specialist of
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , , ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on ...
on whom he did his doctoral thesis, he has taught
philosophy of religion at the
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes as a lecturer. Also a novelist, he received the
Prix Valery Larbaud The Prix Valery Larbaud is a French literary prize created in 1967, ten years after writer Valery Larbaud's death, by ''L'Association Internationale des Amis de Valery Larbaud'', an organization dedicated to the promotion of his works. The prize is ...
in 2007 for ''Ce qui est perdu'' (published in 2006) and the
Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française
Grand may refer to:
People with the name
* Grand (surname)
* Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor
* Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist
* Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper
Places
* Grand, Oklahoma
* Grand, Vosges, village and commun ...
after he published ''Tombeau d'Achille'' (in 2008). His literary and philosophical work is attentive to
existential acts and experiences, such as love, singing and the sacred.
''La chaussure sur le toit''
The story ''La chaussure sur le toit'' consists of ten short stories on the same theme: a shoe placed on the roof of the building opposite, in Paris. Each chapter is equivalent to a story with a well-defined character and a well-founded character: a dreamy child, a burglar in love, three crazy thugs, an undocumented immigrant, a television presenter, a melancholic dog, a homosexual firefighter, an eccentric lady, a contemporary artist, an angel in pants.
Bibliography
Works
*2003: ''Retour Ă Bruxelles'',
Actes Sud (series "Un endroit oĂą aller")
*2004: ''Ă€ la porte'',
Éditions Gallimard (series "Blanche")
*2004: ''La Preuve de l'existence de Dieu'', Actes Sud ("Un endroit oĂą aller")
*2005: ''Post-scriptum aux Miettes philosophiques. Kierkegaard'', Ellipses (Philo-textes)
*2006: ''Singulière philosophie. Essai sur Kierkegaard'', Félin (series "les marches du temps")
*2006: ''Ce qui est perdu'', Gallimard ("Blanche"), Prix Valery Larbaud
*2007: ''La chaussure sur le toit'', Gallimard ("Blanche")
*2008: ''Tombeau d'Achille'', Gallimard ("L'un et l'autre"), Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française
*2012: ''Petit Ă©loge de l'ironie'', Gallimard
*2012: ''Chanter. Reprendre la parole'',
Flammarion Flammarion may refer to:
* Camille Flammarion (1842–1925), French astronomer and author
* Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion (1877–1962), French astronomer, wife of Camille Flammarion
* Flammarion engraving by unknown artist; appeared in a book by C ...
(series "Sens propre")
*2015: ''Ce n'est point ici le pays de la vérité'', Félin ("les marches du temps")
Participation to collective works
*2004: ''La Bible. Héros et légendes de l'Ancien Testament'', Paris, Larousse (Junior)
*2010: ''Lexique nomade'', Paris, Christian Bourgois
*2011: ''Cartographie de l'Utopie : l'œuvre indisciplinée de Michael Löwy''
*2012: ''Noël, quel bonheur ! Treize nouvelles affreusement croustillantes'', Paris,
Armand Colin
*2012: ''Petite bibliothèque du chanteur'', Paris, Flammarion, series "Champs Classiques, presented by V. Delecroix.
* ''Décapage (revue)'', chronique régulière.
Translations and prefaces
*2006:
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard ( , , ; 5 May 1813 – 11 November 1855) was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher. He wrote critical texts on ...
, ''Exercice en christianisme'', Paris, FĂ©lin, series "Les marches du temps", transl. from
Danish.
*2009:
Stendhal
Marie-Henri Beyle (; 23 January 1783 – 23 March 1842), better known by his pen name Stendhal (, ; ), was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' (''The Red and the Black'', 1830) and ''La Chartreuse de P ...
, ''
La Chartreuse de Parme'', Paris, Flammarion, series "GF", with an interview by V. Delecroix: ''Pourquoi aimez-vous La Chartreuse de Parme ?''
*2012:
Sigmund Freud, ''Religion'', Paris, Gallimard, series "Connaissance de l'inconscient", preface by V. Delecroix.
External links
Vincent Delecroixon Babelio (+ podcast)
Vincent Delecroixon
France Inter
Vincent Delecroix - La chanson - Semaine de la pop philosophie 2014 Brusselson YouTube
on
France Culture
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École Normale Supérieure alumni
21st-century French philosophers
21st-century French writers
Prix Valery Larbaud winners
Writers from Paris
1969 births
Living people