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Philippe Vilain (born 1969) is a French man of letters, writer, essayist, doctor of modern literature of the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.


Biography

His literary work presents itself as an exploration of the consciousness of love: jealousy (''L'Étreinte''), the guilt of not loving enough (''Le Renoncement''), commitment (''L'Été à Dresde''), adultery (''Paris l'après-midi'', ''La Femme infidèle''), paternity (''Faux-père''), shyness (''Confession d’un timide''), cultural and social difference (''Pas son genre''). His theoretical work questions contemporary literature (''Dans le séjour des corps. Essai sur
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
'') and
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. A new defining pact is advanced in ''L’autofiction en théorie''; ''Fiction homonymique ou anominale qu’un individu fait de sa vie ou d’une partie de celle-ci''. After ''La Dernière Année'' (adapted to theatre -Proscenium- by in 2002,LA DERNIÈRE ANNÉE - Proscenium , THEATREonline.com
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2007,Prix François Mauriac , Académie française
/ref>) ''Pas son genre'', his seventh novel (prix ''Scrivere per amore'' 2012 in Italy,) was the subject of a cinematographic adaptation by director
Lucas Belvaux Lucas Belvaux (; born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the ''Trilogie'', consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The ...
in 2014, under the same title. In April 2013, at the International Symposium ''Les intermittences du sujet : écritures de soi et discontinu (1913-2013)'', the
University of Upper Alsace University of Upper Alsace (, UHA) is a multidisciplinary teaching and research centre based in the two cities of Mulhouse and Colmar, France. Research and teaching at UHA concentrates mainly on science, technology, economics, management, arts and ...
welcomed Philippe Vilain for a day of study on his work. A university book was published following this study day: ''Philippe Vilain ou la dialectique des genres'', under the direction of Arnaud Schmitt and Philippe Weigel,Éditions Orizons, collection Université /Comparaison, 2015. which brought together contributions of , Jean Pierrot, Marc Dambre and Frédérique Toudoire-Surlapierre. His novel ''La Femme infidèle'' was awarded the Prix Jean-Freustié in 2013. Villain is an associate member of the CERACC (Centre d’Etudes sur le Roman des Années Cinquante au Contemporain) at the university Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris III.


Works


Novels

*1997: ''L'Étreinte'',
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, *1999: ''La Dernière Année'', Gallimard, *2001: ''Le Renoncement'', novel, Gallimard, *2003: ''L'Été à Dresde'', novel, Gallimard, *2006: ''Paris l'après-midi'', Éditions Grasset, , Prix François Mauriac of the
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2007 *2008: ''Faux-père'', Grasset, *2011: ''Pas son genre'', Grasset, , (reissued in 2014 at the time of the cinematographic adaptation of
Lucas Belvaux Lucas Belvaux (; born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the ''Trilogie'', consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The ...
'' Pas son genre''), Prix ''Scrivere per amore'' 2012 in Italy *2013: ''La Femme infidèle'', Grasset, , Prix Jean Freustié 2013 *2015: ''Une idée de l'enfer'', Grasset


Essays

*2005: ''Défense de Narcisse'', followed by an interview with
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, Grasset *2005: ''Retours à Hugo'', photographs by Jean-Luc Chapin, Confluences *2009: ''L'Autofiction en théorie'', followed by two interviews with
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and Philippe Lejeune, La Transparence *2009: ''Confession d'un timide'', Grasset *2010: ''Dans le séjour des corps. Essay on
Marguerite Duras Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
'', La Transparence, series "Essais d'esthétique" *2011: ''Dit-il''. Based on ' by Marguerite Duras, éditions Cécile Defaut *2011: ''Éloge de l'arrogance'',
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*2016: ''La littérature sans idéal'', Grasset, *2020: ''La Passion d'Orphée'', Grasset.


Preface

* ''Le donjuanisme est un humanisme'', preface ''Don Juan'' 665by Molière, Hatier, 2009.


Interviews

* ''Je interdit ?'', information gathered by Anne Crignon, ''
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'', n° 2101, 10–16 February 2005. * ''Philippe Vilain l’immoraliste'', information gathered by Emmanuelle Desforges, ''Littéréalité'' (University of Toronto), vol. XVIII, n° 2, Autumn/Winter 2006, p. 27-33. * ''Entre Egoismo e generosidade'', interview with Miguel Conde, ''O Globo'', Prosa § Verso (Brazil), 17 November 2007. * ''L’amour, comme pour Stendhal, est ma grande affaire'', interview with Vincent Roy. ''Transfuge'', April 2011. * ''L’amore ? E una questione di soldi'', interview with Gianni Rossi Barilli, ''Grazia'' (Italy), n° 10, 5 March 2012. * ''Tout le monde est écrivain sauf moi'' (2003), in
Philippe Sollers Philippe Sollers (; born Philippe Joyaux; 28 November 1936 – 5 May 2023) was a French writer and critic. In 1960 he founded the '' avant garde'' literary journal '' Tel Quel'' (along with writer and art critic Marcelin Pleynet), which was pu ...
. ''Fugues'', Gallimard, 2012.


Television

* ''Bouillon de culture'', hosted by
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,
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, 15 October 1999 * ''Ce soir ou jamais'', hosted by Frédéric Taddeï,
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, 23 November 2006


Distinctions

* Prix François Mauriac of the Académie française 2007 for ''Paris l'après-midi'' * Prix ''Scrivere per amore'' 2012 in Italy for ''Pas son genre'' * Prix Jean Freustié 2013 for ''La Femme infidèle'' * Prix Méditerranée 2023 for ‘La Malédition de la Madone’


Adaptations of his works


Theatre

* ''La Dernière Année'', adapted to theatre -Proscenium- by Jean-Paul Muel in 2002.


Cinema

* '' Not My Type'', based on his eponymous novel, French film directed by
Lucas Belvaux Lucas Belvaux (; born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the ''Trilogie'', consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The ...
, 2014.


Bibliography


Articles

* Johan Faerber (Université Paris III), ''Une vie sans histoire. Ou l’impact autobiographique dans l’œuvre de Philippe Vilain'', Revue de Littérature Comparée (Autobiographies), January–March 2008, p. 131-140. * Philippe Gasparini, ''Autofiction. Une aventure du langage''.- Paris:
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, series "Poétique", 2008, p. 262-266. * Sabine Van Wesemael (Université d’Amsterdam), ''Philippe Vilain se penche sur le miroir de son enfance'', Actes du Colloque ''Relations familiales dans les littératures française et francophones des XXe et XXIe siècles : la figure de la mère'', Université de Pau, 26 October 2006, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2008, p. 47-56.


Printed press

* Christine Rousseau, 'J’ai le sentiment d’être écrit par l’écriture', in ''Le Monde des Livres'', 3 October 2008. * Sophie Pujas, ''Philippe Vilain : Vaine pudeur'', ''Transfuge'', June 2010. * Emmanuel Gehrig, ''L’audace du timide'', ''
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'' (Switzerland), August 2010.


References


External links


Philippe Villain
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'' (23 June 2011) * ttps://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/philippe-vilain Philippe Villainon
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''La littérature sans idéal de Philippe Vilain''
on Stalker (18 August 2016)

on ''
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'' (15 June 2010)
''Conversation avec Philippe Vilain''
on D-Fiction (21 November 1816)
Philippe Vilain : ''La littérature a troqué son idéal littéraire contre un idéal marchand''
on Diacritik (10 May 2016) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vilain, Philippe 20th-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century French non-fiction writers 21st-century French essayists 1969 births Living people