Pierre Michel (born 11 June 1942), is a professor of literature and a scholar specializing in the French writer

Octave Mirbeau Octave Mirbeau (16 February 1848 – 16 February 1917) was a French novelist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, journalist and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, whilst still appealing to the ...

. Michel was born in Toulon, the son of the historian

Henri Michel Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the worl ...

. After defending his doctoral dissertation on the works of Octave Mirbeau at the

University of Angers The University of Angers (french: Université d'Angers; UA) is a public university in western France, with campuses in Angers, Cholet, and Saumur. It forms part of thAngers-Le Mans University Community History The University of Angers was init ...

in 1992, Michel founded a year later, the "Société Octave Mirbeau", a

literary society A literary society is a group of people interested in literature. In the modern sense, this refers to a society that wants to promote one genre of writing or a specific author. Modern literary societies typically promote research, publish newsle ...

he is currently presiding. He is also the founder and editor in chief of '' Cahiers Octave Mirbeau'' (1993). A biographer and indefatigable authority of Mirbeau's work, Michel has published critical editions of all his work: novels, plays, articles and correspondence. Pierre Michel was awarded the Sévigné prizePrix Sévigné.
/ref> in October 2003 for his edition of the first volume of Mirbeau's ''Correspondance générale''.

Notes

Publications

* ''Octave Mirbeau, l'imprécateur au cœur fidèle'', biographie, Paris : Séguier, (1990). * ''Alice Regnault, épouse Mirbeau : "le sourire affolant de l'éternelle jeunesse"'', Reims : À l'écart (1994). *
Les Combats d’Octave Mirbeau
' (1995). *
''Lucidité, désespoir et écriture''
(2001). *
''Jean-Paul Sartre et Octave Mirbeau''
(2005). *
''Albert Camus et Octave Mirbeau''
(2005). *
''Octave Mirbeau et le roman''
(2005). *
''Bibliographie d’Octave Mirbeau''
(2008). *
''Les Articles d'Octave Mirbeau''
(2009). *
''Dictionnaire Octave Mirbeau''
L'Âge d'Homme - Société Octave Mirbeau, 2011, 1195 pages.

External links

*
Site de Pierre Michel
*
Blog de Pierre Michel... et d’Octave Mirbeau
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