Tanguy Viel (7 July 1973, Brest) is a French writer. A resident at the

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in 2003–2004, Tanguy Viel was awarded the

Prix Fénéon The Fénéon Prize (''Prix Fénéon''), established in 1949, is awarded annually to a French-language writer and a visual artist no older than 35 years of age. The prize was established by Fanny Fénéon, the widow of French art critic Félix Fén� ...

and the

Prix littéraire de la vocation The prix littéraire de la vocation, established in 1976 by the fondation Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet pour la vocation, is intended to help a young French-speaking novelist aged 18 to 30 years. List of laureates *1976: ''Les Régions céréalièr ...

for his novel ''L'absolue perfection du crime''. He also won the

Grand prix RTL-Lire The grand prix RTL-''Lire'' is one of the main literary awards of the winter/spring literary season in France. Given in partnership with Lire magazine, it rewards a French-language novel chosen by a jury of readers. History In 1992, the grand pr ...

for ''Article 353 du Code pénal'' in 2017. Other Press in New York published the translation by William Rodarmor in March, 2019. ''La fille qu'on appelle'' was one of nine novels in the second selection for the 2021

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

Works

* Novels and short stories ** 1998 : ''Le Black Note'', Paris, Éditions de Minuit ** 1999 : ''Cinéma'', Éditions de Minuit ** 2000 : ''Tout s'explique: réflexions à partir d'« Explications » de Pierre Guyotat'', Paris, ** 2001 : ''L'Absolue perfection du crime'', Éditions de Minuit, Prix Fénéon and Prix littéraire de la vocation, ** 2002 : ''Maladie'', Inventaire-Invention ** 2006 : ''Insoupçonnable'', Éditions de Minuit ** 2009 : ''Paris-Brest'', Éditions de Minuit ** 2009 : ''Cet homme-là'', Paris, ** 2010 : ''Hitchcock par exemple'', illustrations by Florent Chavouet, Editions Naïve. ** 2010 : ''Un jour dans la vie'', Lyon, published by librairie Passages ** 2013 : ''La Disparition de Jim Sullivan'', Éditions de Minuit ** 2017 : ''Article 353 du Code pénal'' (Éditions de Minuit). Translated into English as ''Article 353'' by William Rodarmor (Other Press. New York). ** 2021 : ''La fille qu'on appelle'', Éditions de Minuit * Interviews ** 2002 : ''Tanguy Viel parle des Éditions de Minuit'' (interviews with Amandine Riant and Marie-Thérèse Roinet), Saint-Cloud, Université de Paris X, Pôle des métiers du livre ** 2008 : "Tanguy Viel : imaginaire d'un romancier contemporain", interview with , ''@nalyses'' (Université d'Ottawa

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'' (8 April 2013) {{DEFAULTSORT:Viel, Tanguy 21st-century French non-fiction writers Prix Fénéon winners 1973 births Writers from Brest, France Living people

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