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) ea ...

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 ...

. He won the Médicis Prize in 2011.

Biography

Born in

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, he spent his youth in a wealthy

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family of

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origins with family connections with the

Citroën Citroën ()The double-dot diacritic over the 'e' is a diaeresis () indicating the two vowels are sounded separately, and not as a diphthong. is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded on 4 June 19 ...

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 Paul-Michel Foucault ( , ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French History of ideas, historian of ideas and Philosophy, philosopher who was also an author, Literary criticism, literary critic, Activism, political activist, and teacher. Fo ...

with whom he lived and spent most of his time between 1978 and 1984, without being his lover. He was also a friend of writer

Hervé Guibert Hervé Guibert (14 December 1955 – 27 December 1991) was a French writer and photographer. The author of numerous novels and autobiographical studies, he played a considerable role in changing French public attitudes to HIV/AIDS. He was a ...

with whom he won a scholarship at

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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 (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968 in France, May 1968. Initially positioned on the far left of Fr ...

'', a left-wing daily. He wrote a pamphlet against

Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean Louis Marie Le Pen (20 June 1928 – 7 January 2025), commonly known as Jean-Marie Le Pen (), was a French politician, lawyer and activist. He founded the far-right National Front (now National Rally) party and served as the party's presi ...

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 often deals 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 .

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

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