Thierry Laget (born 2 October 1959,

Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand (, , ; or simply ; ) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population of 147,284 (2020). Its metropolitan area () had 504,157 inhabitants at the 2018 ...

) is a French novelist,

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and translator.

Biography

A regular contributor to the ', Laget participated to the edition of ''

À la recherche du temps perdu ''In Search of Lost Time'' (), first translated into English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'', and sometimes referred to in French as ''La Recherche'' (''The Search''), is a novel in seven volumes by French author Marcel Proust. This early twen ...

'' in the

bibliothèque de la Pléiade The ''Bibliothèque de la Pléiade'' (, "Pleiades Library") is a French editorial collection which was created in 1931 by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor. Schiffrin wanted to provide the public with reference editions of the ...

, under the direction of

Jean-Yves Tadié Jean-Yves Tadié (born 7 September 1936) is a French writer, biographer, and academic, noted particularly for his work on Marcel Proust. Biography Tadié studied at the ''École normale supérieure'' in Paris, graduating in 1956. He began to pub ...

. He has provided editions of texts by

Jacques Rivière Jacques Rivière (15 July 1886 – 14 February 1925) was a French " man of letters" — a writer, critic and editor who was "a major force in the intellectual life of France in the period immediately following World War I". He edited the ...

including ''Quelques progrès dans l'étude du cœur humain'', by

Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( ; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote the novel (in French – translated in English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'' and more r ...

, including ''

Le Côté de Guermantes ''In Search of Lost Time'' (), first translated into English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'', and sometimes referred to in French as ''La Recherche'' (''The Search''), is a novel in seven volumes by French author Marcel Proust. This early twen ...

'' and ''

Les plaisirs et les jours ''Les Plaisirs et les Jours'' is a collection of prose poems and novellas by Marcel Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust ( ; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, literary critic, and essayist who wrote ...

'', then

Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert ( , ; ; 12 December 1821 – 8 May 1880) was a French novelist. He has been considered the leading exponent of literary realism in his country and abroad. According to the literary theorist Kornelije Kvas, "in Flaubert, realis ...

including ''

Madame Bovary ''Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners'' (; ), commonly known as simply ''Madame Bovary'', is the début novel by France, French writer Gustave Flaubert, originally published in 1856 and 1857. The eponymous character, Emma Bovary, lives beyond he ...

''. Thierry has also published several essays on Proust. He translated from Italian some fifteen books, among which are three novels by

Enzo Siciliano Enzo Siciliano (27 May 1934 – 9 June 2006) was an Italian writer, playwright, literary critic and intellectual. Siciliano was born in Rome. He was a collaborator of Alberto Moravia, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Elsa Morante and many other famous w ...

including ''La Nuit marâtre'', ''La Princesse et l'Antiquaire'' then ''Les Beaux Moments'' as well as the novel ''Passage dans l'ombre'' by , and novels by

Alessandro Barbero Alessandro Barbero (born 30 April 1959) is an Italian historian and writer, especially essayist. Barbero was born in Turin, Italy. He attended the University of Turin, where he studied literature and Medieval history. He won the 1996 Strega ...

, including ''La belle vie, ou les aventures de Mr Pyle, gentilhomme'', ''Roman russe'' and ''Poète à la barre''.

Prizes

* 1992:

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 ...

for ''Iris'' (

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by G ...

, 1991) * 2012:

prix Maurice Genevoix The Prix Maurice Genevoix (''Le prix Maurice Genevoix'') is an annual French literary award made in honor of its namesake Maurice Genevoix (1890–1980). It is intended to recognize a French literary work which, by its topic or style, honors the m ...

for ''La Lanterne d'Aristote'' (Gallimard, 2011) * 2019: prix Céleste Albaret for ''Proust, Prix Goncourt. Une émeute littéraire'' (Gallimard, 2019)

Bibliography

; Novels * ''Florence, via Ricasoli 47'' (Belfond, 1987) * ''Comme Tosca au théâtre'' (Belfond, 1989) * ''Iris'' (Gallimard, 1991) -

1992 * ''Rois d'Avanie'' (Julliard, 1995) * ''Roman écrit à la main'' (Gallimard, 2000) * ''Supplément aux mensonges d'Hilda'' (Gallimard, 2003) * ''Madame Deloblat'' (Gallimard, 2006) * ''La Lanterne d'Aristote'' (Gallimard, 2011) –

2012 ; Prose * ''Florentiana'' (Gallimard, 1993) * ''Bergers d'Arcadie'', méditations en prose, eaux-fortes de Christiane Vielle (Fata Morgana, 1995) * ''La Fiancée italienne'', (biographie d'Alaïde Banti, liée au mouvement des

Macchiaioli The Macchiaioli () were a group of Italian painters active in Tuscany in the second half of the nineteenth century. They strayed from antiquated conventions taught by the Italian art academies, and did much of their painting outdoors in order ...

) (Gallimard, 1997) * ''À des dieux inconnus'' (Gallimard, 2003) * ''Les Quais minéraliers'', poème en prose, aquatintes de Christiane Vielle (Al Manar, 2004) * ''Portraits de Stendhal'' (Gallimard, 2008) * ''Bibliothèques de nuit'' (Gallimard, 2010) * ''Provinces'' (L'Arbre vengeur, 2013) * ''Atlas des amours fugaces'' (L'Arbre vengeur, 2013) * ''Le ciel est un grand timide'' (Fario, coll. Théodore Balmoral, 2016) ; Poetry * ''Semer son ombre'' (Al Manar, 2008) ; Texts issued in the magazine ''Théodore Balmoral'' : * ''Parques de Sceaux'', n°51 * ''Douje mou de patué'', n°52/53 * ''Les Yeux au ciel'', n°56/57 * ''Paysage de Dalécarlie'', n°58 * ''Ne pas déranger'', n°59/60 * ''Le Songe de Polyphème'', n°61 * ''L’Attente'', n°62/63 * ''Sur le limbe du sextant'', n°64 * ''Deux maisons'', n°65 * ''Les Copeaux'', n°66/67 * ''Sur le limbe du sextant'' (2), n°68 * ''En chemin'', n°69/70 * ''Bialot, l’inoubliable'', n°71 * ''Rouge Follain'', n°72/73 * ''Sur le limbe du sextant'' (3), n°72/73 * ''Les Voyages en zig-zag de Pierre Girard'', n°72/73 * ''Discours de Stockholm'', n°74

External links

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