Ludovic Janvier (24 October 1934 in

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) was a French novelist, poet, essayist, and short-story writer. He was the grandson of Haitian writer and politician Louis-Joseph Janvier.

Biography

Of Haitian descent, Ludovic Janvier was born in Paris in 1934, where he lives most of the time. His desire to write goes back a long way, to his adolescence. He died on January 18, 2016 in Ivry-sur-Seine of cancer.'' Mort de Ludovic Janvier, spécialiste de Samuel Beckett''
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Work

Novels

*1968: ''La Baigneuse'',

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*1974: ''Face'', Gallimard *1984: ''Naissance'', Gallimard *1988: ''Monstre, va'', Gallimard *2012: ''La Confession d'un bâtard du siècle'',

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Short stories

*1993: ''Brèves d’amour'', Gallimard *1996: ''En mémoire du lit, Brèves d'amour 2'', Gallimard,

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*2002: ''Encore un coup au cœur, Brèves d'amour 3'' (short stories), Gallimard *2002: ''Tue-le'', Gallimard *2016: ''Apparitions, Brèves d'amour 4'' (short stories), Gallimard

Poetry

*1987: ''La Mer à boire'', Gallimard *1992: ''Entre jour et sommeil'', Seghers *1998: ''Comme un œil'', dessins de Jean-Marie Queneau, Vézelay, Éditions de la Goulotte *2001: ''Doucement avec l'ange'', Gallimard *2003: ''Bon d'accord, allez je reste !'', inventaire/invention *2004: ''Des rivières plein la voix'', Gallimard, *2006: ''Une poignée de monde'', Gallimard

Essays

*1964: ''Une parole exigeante'', Éditions de Minuit *1966: ''Pour Samuel Beckett'', Minuit *1969: ''Samuel Beckett par lui-même'',

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*1998: ''Bientôt le soleil'', Flohic Éditions

References

External links

''Je n’écrirai pas que je suis mort, pourquoi écrire que je suis né ?''
on

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(20 January 2016)
''Mort de Ludovic Janvier, spécialiste de Samuel Beckett''
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Ludovic Janvier
on Gallimard
Ludovic Janvier - ''La confession d'un bâtard du siècle''
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