Mathieu Lindon (born 9 August 1955) is a French journalist and writer. He is the youngest son of the publisher (who discovered

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) e ...

and died in 2001), and the first cousin of actor

Vincent Lindon Vincent Lindon (born 15 July 1959) is a French actor and filmmaker. For his role in the film '' The Measure of a Man'' (2015), Lindon won Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor at the 41st César Awards and the IFFI Best Actor A ...

. He won the Médicis Prize in 2011.

Biography

Born in Caen, he spent his youth in a wealthy

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family of

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origins with family connections with the Citroën family. His father was a well-known publisher ( Éditions de Minuit), highly esteemed by left wing and New Wave intellectuals. Mathieu Lindon was a close friend of Michel Foucault with whom he lived and spent most of his time between 1978 and 1984, without being his lover. He was also friend of writer Hervé Guibert with whom he won a scholarship at Villa Medicis in

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between 1987 and 1989. Hervé Guibert recorded it in ''L'Incognito'', published in 1989. From the 1980s, Mathieu Lindon has been a journalist at '' Libération'', a left-wing daily. He wrote a pamphlet against

Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (, born 20 June 1928) is a French far-right politician who served as President of the National Front from 1972 to 2011. He also served as Honorary President of the National Front from 2011 to 2015. Le Pen graduated fro ...

in 1998.''

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''
Furious French writers challenge Le Pen to take them to court
17 November 1999 He is

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, and his work deals often with

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themes.

Bibliography

* 1983 : ''Nos plaisirs'', under the name Pierre-Sébastien Heudaux, Éditions de Minuit. * 1986 : ''Le Livre de Jim Courage'', POL * 1987 : ''Prince et Léonardours'', POL * 1987 : ''L'Homme qui vomit'', POL * 1993 : ''Je t'aime. Récits critiques'', Minuit. * 1994 : ''Champion du monde'', POL * 1994 : ''Le Cœur de To'', POL * 1996 : ''Merci'', POL * 1998 : ''Les Apeurés'', POL * 1998 : ''Le Procès de Jean-Marie Le Pen'', POL * 2000 : ''Chez qui habitons-nous ?'', POL * 2001 : ''La Littérature'', POL * 2002 : ''Lâcheté d'Air France'', POL * 2004 : ''Ma catastrophe adorée'', POL * 2004 : ''Je vous écris'', POL * 2006 : ''Ceux qui tiennent debout'', POL * 2009 : ''En enfance'', POL * 2011 : ''Ce qu'aimer veut dire'', POL,

Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and . It is awarded to an author whose "fame does not yet match his talent." The award goes to a work of fiction in the French language. In 19 ...

2011. * 2013 : ''Une vie pornographique'', POL, Prix du zorba 2013. * 2021 : ''Hervelino'', POL

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