Christian Gailly (; 14 January 1943 – 4 October 2013) was a French writer.
Biography
Born in Paris, Gailly first tried to make a career as a jazz saxophonist, then opened a psychoanalyst practice. He began to be published in the 1980s thanks to
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His novel ''L'Incident'' was adapted to cinema by
Alain Resnais
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under the title ''
Les Herbes folles'' in 2009. ''
Un soir au club'', winner of the
prix du Livre Inter
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in 2002, which sold 170,000 copies, was
adapted
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by
Jean Achache.
''Nuage rouge'', published in 2000, was awarded the
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In 2006, it was renamed Prix France Culture/Télérama, and its name was used from 2007 replacing the "Prix Arlequin", cinematographic prize aw ...
.
His latest work is a collection of short stories, ''La roue, et autres nouvelles'', published in January 2012.
Themes
Close to the minimalist mouvement,
he was a member of the groupe of the
éditions de Minuit to which belonged also among others
Jean Echenoz,
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
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and
Christian Oster. Rhythmic style and absurd imbroglios are the trademark of his novels. His novels deal mainly with impossible loves, loneliness, sickness and death, but also with other daily tragedies that he tackles in a light tone, sometimes close to gaiety.
His writings nevertheless maintain a connection with his love of music, especially jazz, in novels such as ''Be-Bop'' and ''Un soir au club''.
The influence of American culture, especially
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, is very present in ''Les Évadés'' or ''Lily et Braine''.
His writings often highlight very concrete details which gradually take on great importance, since, according to the author, his stories are sprinkled with "clues, elements, objects, details".
Works
All the works of Christian Gailly are published at
éditions de Minuit.
*1987:
*1989:
*1991:
*1992:
*1993:
*1995:
*1996:
*1997:
*1998:
*2000: ,
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In 2006, it was renamed Prix France Culture/Télérama, and its name was used from 2007 replacing the "Prix Arlequin", cinematographic prize aw ...
, 2000
*2001: ,
Prix du Livre Inter
The Prix du Livre Inter is a prize for best French novel of the year. It is awarded by the radio channel France Inter
France Inter () is a French public radio channel and part of Radio France.
It is the successor to Paris Inter, later known as ...
, 2002
*2004:
*2007:
*2010:
*2012:
About the author
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The following book gives voice to four translators of Gailly's works:
* Collectif, avec Christian Doumet, Patrick Quillier, Jean-Yves Masson, Robert Davreu, Heinz Schwarzinger, Mike Sens, Claire Jatosti.
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References
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1943 births
Writers from Paris
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
Prix du Livre Inter winners
Prix France Culture winners
2013 deaths