Laurent Mauvignier (born in 1967,

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) is a French writer. He is the brother of the director Thierry Mauvignier.

Biography

After studying visual arts at the

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in Paris, Laurent Mauvignier decided to become a writer in the 1990s following the advice of Tanguy Viel, a friend and novelist. To date, he published all his works at the éditions de Minuit, where along with Jean Echenoz, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Marie NDiaye or

Éric Chevillard Éric Chevillard (born 18 June 1964) is a French novelist. He has won awards for several novels including ''La nébuleuse du crabe'' in 1993, which won the Fénéon Prize, Fénéon Prize for Literature. Chevillard was born in La Roche-sur-Yon, Ven ...

, Laurent Mauvignier is associated with the so-called « Style es éditions deMinuit ».

Works

Novels

*''Loin d'eux'', éditions de Minuit, 1999, –

Prix Fénéon The Fénéon Prize (''Prix Fénéon''), established in 1949, is awarded annually to a French-language writer and a visual artist no older than 35 years of age. The prize was established by Fanny Fénéon, the widow of French art critic Félix Fén ...

2000 *''Apprendre à finir'', éditions de Minuit, 2000, – Prix Wepler 2001; Inter Book Prize 2001 *''Ceux d'à côté'', éditions de Minuit, 2002, *''Plus sale, Inventaire-invention'', 2002, *''Seuls'', éditions de Minuit, 2004, *''Le Lien'', éditions de Minuit, 2005, *''Dans la foule'', éditions de Minuit, 2006, – Prix du roman Fnac 2006 *''Des hommes'', éditions de Minuit, 2009, – Prix Virilo 2009; Prix des libraires 2010 *''Un jour dans la vie'', édité par la librairie Passages, 2010, *'' Ce que j'appelle oubli'', éditions de Minuit, 2011, *''Autour du monde'', éditions de Minuit, 2014, – Prix Amerigo-Vespucci 2014 *''Retour à Berratham'', éditions de Minuit, 2015, *'' Histoires de la nuit'', éditions de Minuit, 2020 Translated works: *''The Birthday Party'' 'Histoires de la nuit'' Transit Books, 2023, . *''In the Crowd'' 'Dans la foule''

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, 2008, . *''The Wound'' 'Des hommes''

University of Nebraska Press The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) was founded in 1941 and is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. The press is under the auspices of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Ne ...

, 2015, . * ''Ελληνική μετάφραση'':(Greek Translation) Αυτό που εγώ ονομάζω λήθη, μετάφρ. Σπύρος Γιανναράς, εκδ. «`Αγρα», Αθήνα 2014, 75 σελ., ISBN 978-960-505-141-9

Play

* ''Tout mon amour'', éditions de Minuit, 2012, .

Participation

*2021: La légende de Thierry Mauvignier, directed by Dylan Besseau

Literary prizes

*2000:

*2001: Prix Wepler *2001: Prix du Livre Inter *2006: Prix du roman Fnac *2010: Prix des libraires *2014: Prix Amerigo-Vespucci

References

External links

Mauvignier's official website
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mauvignier, Laurent Date of birth missing (living people) Living people 1967 births 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French male writers 20th-century French novelists 20th-century French translators 21st-century French dramatists and playwrights 21st-century French male writers 21st-century French novelists 21st-century French translators École des Beaux-Arts alumni Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres French male dramatists and playwrights French male novelists Novelists from Paris Prix des libraires winners Prix du Livre Inter winners Prix du premier roman winners Prix Fénéon winners Writers from Tours, France