Philippe Forest (born 18 June 1962) is a French author and professor of literature. He has been awarded the First Novel

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(1997) and the

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(2004), and his works have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. He has taught at several Universities, including Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Saint-Andrews, and the University of Nantes.

Publications

;Novels, French * ''L'enfant éternel'' (

), Gallimard, 1997; Folio, 1998 * ''Toute la nuit'', Gallimard, 1999 * ''Sarinagara'' (

), Gallimard 2004; Folio, 2006 * ''Le Nouvel Amour'', Gallimard, 2007 * ''Le siècle des nuages'', Gallimard, 2010 ;Novels, translated * ''Sarinagara'', Mercury House, 2009 ;Essays *''Philippe Sollers'', Seuil, 1992 *''Camus'', Marabout, 1992 *''Le Mouvement surréaliste'', Vuibert, 1994 *''Textes et labyrinthes : Joyce, Kafka, Muir, Borges, Butor, Robbe-Grillet'', éd. Inter-universitaires, 1995 *''Histoire de

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'', Seuil, 1995 *''Oé Kenzaburô'', Pleins Feux, 2001 *''Le roman, le je'', Pleins Feux, 2001 *''Près des acacias, l'autisme, une énigme'' (avec des photos d'Olivier Menanteau), Actes Sud/ 3CA, 2002 *''Raymond Hains, uns roman'', Gallimard 2004 *''La beauté du contresens et autres essais sur la littérature japonaise'' (Allaphbed 1), Cécile Defaut, 2005 *''De Tel Quel à L'Infini, nouveaux essais'' (Allaphbed 2), Cécile Defaut, 2006 *''Le Roman, le réel et autres essais'' (Allaphbed 3), Cécile Defaut, 2007 * ''Tous les enfants sauf un'', Gallimard, 2007 *''

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'', Gallimard, 2015 (

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) *''Une fatalité de bonheur'', Grasset, 2016 '' Napoléon 1er. La fin et le commencement'', Gallimard, 2020

External links

"French Literature Today: Philippe Forest in conversation with Yann Nicol"
in ''

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'', April 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Forest, Philippe 20th-century French essayists 21st-century French essayists Sciences Po alumni Paris-Sorbonne University alumni Academics of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of St Andrews Academics of the University of London Academic staff of Nantes University Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Prix Décembre winners Writers from Paris 1962 births Living people Nouvelle Revue Française editors