Pierre Michon (born 28 March 1945,
Châtelus-le-Marcheix, Creuse) is a French writer. His first novel, ''Small lives'' (1984), is widely regarded as a genuine masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He has won several prizes for ''Small lives'' and for ''The Origin of the World'' (1996) as well as for his body of work. His novels and stories have been translated into German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Norwegian, Estonian and English. He won the 2017
International Nonino Prize in Italy.
Works
* 1984: ''Small Lives'' (''Vies minuscules'').
**Translated by Jody Gladding and Elizabeth Deshays for Archipelago Books, 2008.
* 1988: ''Life of Joseph Roulin'' (''Vie de Joseph Roulin'').''
**Translated by Wyatt Mason for Mercury House and included in ''Masters and Servants'', 1997.
* 1997: ''L'empereur d'Occident''.
* 1990: ''Masters and Servants'' (''Maîtres et serviteurs'').
**Translated by Wyatt Mason for Mercury House, 1997.
* 1991: ''Rimbaud the Son'' (''Rimbaud le fils'').
**Translated by Jody Gladding and Elizabeth Deshays for Yale University Press, 2013.
* 1996: ''The Origin of the World'' (''La Grande Beune'').
**Translated by Wyatt Mason for Mercury House, 2002.
* 1996: ''The King of the Wood'' (''Le roi du bois'').
**Translated by Wyatt Mason for Mercury House and included in ''Masters and Servants'', 1997.
* 1997: ''Trois auteurs''.
* 1997: ''Winter Mythologies'' (''Mythologies d'hiver'').
**Translated by Ann Jefferson for Yale University Press, 2017.
* 2002: ''Abbots'' (''Abbés'').
**Translated by Ann Jefferson for Yale University Press, 2017.
* 2002: ''Corps du roi''.
* 2007: ''Le roi vient quand il veut : propos sur la littérature''.
* 2009: ''The Eleven'' (''Les Onze'').
**Translated by Jody Gladding and Elizabeth Deshays for Archipelago Books, 2013.
Awards
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2002
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Prix Décembre The ''Prix Décembre'', originally known as the ''Prix Novembre'', is one of France's premier literary awards. It was founded under the name ''Prix Novembre'' in 1989 by Philippe Dennery (Michel Dennery, according to other sources). In 1998, the fou ...
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2009
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Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ...
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2010
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Petrarca-Preis
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2017
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International Nonino Prize
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2019
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Franz Kafka Prize
The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the Jewish, Bohemian, German-language novelist. The prize was first awarded in 2001 and is co-sponsored by the Franz Kafka Society and the city of Pr ...
References
External links
Pierre Michon at publisher's site(in French)
(in French)
Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)(in French)
(English translations)
1945 births
Living people
People from Creuse
20th-century French non-fiction writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
Prix Décembre winners
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners
Prix Louis Guilloux winners
20th-century French male writers
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