Éric Chevillard (born 18 June 1964) is a French

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. He has won awards for several novels including ''La nébuleuse du crabe'' in 1993, which won the Fénéon Prize for Literature. Chevillard was born in

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. His work often plays with the codes of narration, sometimes to the degree that it is even difficult to understand which story is being told. His books have consequently been classified as

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. He has been noted for his associations with

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, a publishing-house largely associated with the leading experimental writers composing in

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today.

Awards and honors

*2013

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, shortlist, ''Prehistoric Times''

Bibliography

* ''Mourir m'enrhume'' (Dying Gives Me a Cold), Éditions de Minuit, 1987. * ''Le démarcheur'' (The Door-to-Door Salesman), Minuit, 1989. * ''Palafox'', Minuit, 1990. ** ''Palafox'', translated by Wyatt Mason for

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, 2004. * ''Le caoutchouc décidément'' (Definitely the Rubber), Minuit, 1992. * ''La nébuleuse du crabe'', Minuit, 1993. (Fénéon Prize) ** ''The Crab Nebula'', translated by Jordan Stump and Eleanor Hardin for Bison Books, 1997. * ''Préhistoire'', Minuit, 1994. ** ''Prehistoric Times'', translated by Alyson Waters for

, 2012. * ''Un fantôme'' (A Ghost), Minuit, 1995. * ''Au plafond'', Minuit, 1997. ** ''On the Ceiling'', translated by Jordan Stump for

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, 2000. * ''L'œuvre posthume de Thomas Pilaster'' (Thomas Pilaster's Posthumous Works), Minuit, 1999. ** ''The Posthumous Works of Thomas Pilaster'', translated by Christopher Clarke for Sublunary Editions, 2021. * ''Les absences du capitaine Cook'' (Captain Cook's Absences), Minuit, 2001. * ''Du hérisson'' (On the Hedgehog), Minuit, 2002. * '' Le vaillant petit tailleur'', Minuit, 2004. (

Prix Wepler The prix Wepler is a French literary award established in 1998 at the initiative of the Abbesses Bookshop, with the support of the La Poste Foundation, and the Brasserie Wepler (Place Clichy, 18th arrondissement of Paris) and which distinguishes, ...

) ** ''The Valiant Little Tailor'', translated by Jordan Stump for Yale University Press, 2022. * ''Scalps'' (Scalps), Fata Morgana, 2005. * ''Oreille rouge'' (Red Ear), Minuit, 2005. * ''D'attaque'' (By Attack), Argol, 2006. * '' Démolir Nisard'', Minuit, 2006.

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) ** ''Demolishing Nisard'', translated by Jordan Stump for Dalkey Archive Press, 2011. * ''Commentaire autorisé sur l'état de squelette'' (Authorized Commentary on the Skeleton's State), Fata Morgana, 2007. * ''Sans l'orang-outan'' (Without the

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), Minuit, 2007. * ''Dans la zone d'activité'' (In the Active Area), graphisme par Fanette Mellier, Dissonances, 2007. * ''En territoire Cheyenne'' (In

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Territory), Fata Morgana, illustrations de Philippe Favier, mai 2009. * ''La vérité sur le salaire des cadres'' (The Truth about Executive Salaries), Le Cadran ligné, 2009 ("livre en un seul poème") * ''Choir'' (Dropping), Minuit, 2010 * ''Dino Egger'' (Dino Egger), Minuit, 2011 - Prix Virilo 20111 * ''Iguanes et Moines'' (Monks and Iguanas), Fata Morgana, 2011 * ''L'auteur et moi'', Minuit, 2012 ** ''The Author and Me'', translated by Jordan Stump for Dalkey Archive Press, 2014. * ''La Ménagerie d'Agathe'' (Agathe's Côterie), Actes Sud, ill. de Frédéric Rébéna, 2013 * ''Péloponnèse'' (

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), Fata Morgana, 2013 * ''Le Désordre azerty'' (The

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Disorder), Minuit, 2014 ** ''QWERTY Invectives'', translated by Pietr Behrman de Sinéty for the Cahier Series of Sylph Editions, 2018. * ''Juste ciel'' (Just Sky), Minuit, 2015 * ''Les Théories de Suzie'' (Suzie's Theories), avec Jean-François Martin, Hélium, 2015 ''L'Autofictif'', a series of books based on his daily

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: * ''L'Autofictif - Journal 2007-2008'', 2009 * ''L'autofictif voit une loutre - Journal 2008-2009'', 2010 * ''L'Autofictif père et fils - Journal 2009-2010'', 2011 * ''L'Autofictif prend un coach - Journal 2010-2011'', 2012 * ''L'Autofictif croque un piment - Journal 2011-2012'', 2013 * ''L'Autofictif en vie sous les décombres - Journal 2012-2013'', 2014 * ''L'Autofictif au petit pois - Journal 2013-2014'', 2015

References

External links

Official site

Eric Chevillard's blog

Premières pages of ''Démolir Nisard''

Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)

1964 births Living people People from La Roche-sur-Yon 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French novelists Postmodern writers French male novelists Prix Roger Caillois recipients Prix Fénéon winners 21st-century French male writers {{france-novelist-20thC-stub