Jean-Marc Parisis (born 1962) is a French writer and journalist. He is the author of seven novels, five stories and a biography, as well as various prefaces and anthologies.

Biography

After studying letters ( hypokhâgne and

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at Sceaux, which inspired him ''Le Lycée des artistes''), Jean-Marc Parisis made his debuts at ''

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'' at age 20. Since 1983, he has written articles in numerous newspapers and magazines: ''Libération'', ''

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''... For the cinema, he wrote with Philippe Eineck the scenario of ' (2000) by Alain Robak which stars

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and . He directed the collection "La Désinvolture" at éditions du Quai Voltaire from 1987 to 1989 and the collection "Colère" at

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from 2000 to 2005.

Works

Novels

* 1987: ''La Mélancolie des fast foods'', Grasset * 1992: ''Le Lycée des artistes'', Grasset (

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) * 2000: ''Depuis toute la vie'', Grasset * 2005: ''Physique'',

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* 2007: ''Avant, pendant, après'', Stock (

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) * 2009: ''Les Aimants'', Stock * 2012: ''La Recherche de la couleur'', Stock

Biography

* 1995: ''Reiser'', biography of Jean-Marc Reiser, Grasset

Narrations

* 2002: ''Mariage à la parisienne'', narration,

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. * 2003: ''Renvoi d'ascenseur'',

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. * 2013: ''La Mort de Jean-Marc Roberts'', La Table Ronde * 2014: ''Les Inoubliables'',

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. * 2016: ''À côté, jamais avec'',

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Prefaces

*1995: ''Immédiatement'', by

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, series "La petite vermillon", La Table Ronde *1999: ''La robe de laine'', by

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, Éditions du Rocher *2007: ''La Mort de L.- F. Céline'', by

, series "La petite vermillon", La Table Ronde *2009: ''Les fiancées sont froides'', by

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, series "La petite vermillon", La Table Ronde *2010: ''L’Écologie'', by Reiser, Glénat *2011: ''Les Années Pilote'', by Reiser, Glénat * ''

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, Flammarion, Coll. GF, 2013. This presentation was performed as a reading at Théâtre de l'Odéon. lecture au Théâtre de l'Odéon.
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, Flammarion, Coll. GF, 2015. Presentation of the text in the form of an imaginary dialogue with Barbey d'Aurevilly.

Anthologies

*1988: ''Au Marbre'', by

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and

François Nourissier François Nourissier (; Paris, 18 May 1927–Paris, 15 February 2011) was a French journalist and writer. Nourissier was the secretary-general of Éditions Denoël (1952–1955), editor of the review ''La Parisienne'' (1955–1958), and an advis ...

, Quai Voltaire/La Désinvolture *1999: ''Une bibliothèque d'écrivains'', Éditions du Rocher *2008: ''Reiser à la une'', Glénat *2013: ''Reiser'', Glénat

Literary prizes

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in 1992, for ''Le Lycée des artistes.'' *

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in 2007, for ''Avant, pendant, après''. * Finalist of

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in 2009 for ''Les aimants''. *

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in 2012 for ''La Recherche de la couleur'' * Finalist of Prix Renaudot in 2014 for ''Les inoubliables''.

References

External links

Émission ''Les Bonnes feuilles'' 21 August 2012, by Sandrine Treiner and Augustin Trapenard

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Le Figaro, article sur ''Les aimants''

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Interview of Jean-Marc Parisis in the program "Physique" by Olivier Barrot

Article on "Les aimants"
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in ''le Figaro littéraire''
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