Éric Laurrent (born 1966 in

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label= Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, with a population of 146,734 (2018). Its metropolitan area (''aire d'attra ...

) is a contemporary French writer

Work

His work, begun in 1995 with ''Coup de foudre'', is distinct from other works of the

postmodern Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of modern ...

generation by a style that could be described as manierist or baroque. Like other postmodern authors, Eric Laurrent practices

intertextuality Intertextuality is the shaping of a text's meaning by another text, either through deliberate Composition (language), compositional strategies such as quotation, allusion, calque, plagiarism, translation, pastiche or parody,Gerard Genette (1997) ' ...

abundantly, using each of his novels not as a rewriting of a classical work, but more as a burlesque tribute to the world's literary heritage. Thus, for example, the spy novel ''Les atomiques'', his second novel (1996), plays on a re-reading of the

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. Intertextuality can, in some cases, come more from intermediality, as in the case of his first novel, built around the presence in the hollow of the painting ''

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'' by

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Publications

*1995: ''Coup de foudre'', novel ( Éditions de Minuit) –

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� ...

*1996: ''Les Atomiques'', novel (Minuit) *1997: ''Liquider'', novel (Minuit) *1999: ''Remue-ménage'', novel (Minuit) *2000: ''Dehors'', novel (Minuit) *2002: ''Ne pas toucher'', novel (Minuit) *2004: ''À la fin'', novel (Minuit) *2005: ''Clara Stern'', novel (Minuit) *2008: ''Renaissance italienne'', novel (Minuit) *2011: ''Les Découvertes'', novel (Minuit) –

Prix Wepler The prix Wepler is a French literary award established in 1998 at the initiative of the Abbesses Bookshop, with the support of the La Poste Foundation, and the Brasserie Wepler ( Place Clichy, 18th arrondissement of Paris) and which distinguishes ...

. *2014: ''Berceau'', narration (Minuit) *2016: ''Un beau début'', novel (Minuit) –

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.''Un beau parcours pour Éric Laurrent''
by Amélie Cooper on the site of '' Le Magazine Littéraire'' 7 April 2016.

References

External links

''Un beau début''
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''Éric Laurrent et la pin-up de “Dreamgirls”''
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''Un beau début''
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