Grégoire Bouillier (born 22 June 1960 in

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, Algeria) is a French

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who wrote ''Rapport sur moi'' (''Report on Myself'') and ''L'invité mystère'' (''The Mystery Guest''). ''Rapport sur moi'' won the

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in 2002. Bouillier is the unnamed protagonist of French artist Sophie Calle’s work, ''Take Care of Yourself'', in which Calle collected comments from 107 women to an e-mail he wrote her to end their affair. The work was exhibited in the French pavilion of the 2007 Venice Biennale.

Works

Original French

* ''Rapport sur moi'', 2002 * ''L'invité mystère'', 2004 * ''Cap Canaveral'', 2008

English translations

* ''The Mystery Guest'', 2006 (translated by

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) * ''Report on Myself'', 2008 (translated by Bruce Benderson)

Dutch translation

* ''De raadselgast''.

German translations

* ''Ich über mich''. * ''Der Überraschungsgast''.

Arabic Translation

* ''Report on Myself- تقرير عن نفسي '', 2014 ( Publisher - Al Kotob Khan )

References

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