François Taillandier
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François Taillandier
François Taillandier (born in 1955, Clermont-Ferrand
, France
) is a French writer portraying the French contemporary society.
, creator of Bob Morane
, fired a passion the 12-year-old Taillandier was not going to give up.
In 1968 he began to read Honoré de Balzac
. This classic French writer and Edmond Rostand
, Cyrano
's father, had a strong influence on him. Attending classical literature studies in the university, he graduated in 1977 with a memoir about the Marquis de Sade
.
In 1979 he taught literature for 4 years before resigning from his position to become a full-time writer.
In 1984 he became journalist for the Revue Hebdo. Taillandier finds the inspiration walking in Paris, listening conversations while in the bistros. In 2006 he was appointed president of the Société des gens de lettres
. Taillandier, divorcé, is the father of three.
In 1999 Anielka is published and received the Prix de l'Académie Française
(French Academy award).
In 2005 is published Option Paradis, the first novel in a series of a five-interlinked novels cycle, divided in fifty-five chapters (eleven chapters each novel) called La Grande Intrigue (The Big Plot), reviving a French classical literature tradition (La Comédie Humaine
by Honoré de Balzac
, Les Rougon-Macquart
by Émile Zola
). Following the evolution of five families through five generations, this work will be completed in 2010, celebrating the Taillandier's fifty-fifth anniversary. Telling, the second novel of this series was published in 2006.
, l'Humanité
et la Montagne and keeps developing La Grande Intrigue, writing "only when everybody is sleeping".
François Taillandier (born in 1955, Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand is a city and commune of France, in the Auvergne region, with a population of 140,700 . Its metropolitan area had 409,558 inhabitants at the 1999 census. It is the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
) is a French writer portraying the French contemporary society.
Life
Henri VernesHenri Vernes
Charles-Henri-Jean Dewisme , better known by his pen name Henri Vernes, is a well-known author of action and science-fiction novels, of which has he published over 200 titles...
, creator of Bob Morane
Bob Morane
Bob Morane, a creation of French-speaking Belgian novelist Henri Vernes, the pseudonym of Charles-Henri Dewisme, is a series of adventure books in French, featuring an eponymous protagonist...
, fired a passion the 12-year-old Taillandier was not going to give up.
In 1968 he began to read Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
. This classic French writer and Edmond Rostand
Edmond Rostand
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late nineteenth century...
, Cyrano
Cyrano
Cyrano can refer to:In drama:* Cyrano , 1913 opera by Walter Damrosch* Cyrano, a 1958 musical by David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr.* Cyrano , 1973 musical with music by Michael J...
's father, had a strong influence on him. Attending classical literature studies in the university, he graduated in 1977 with a memoir about the Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...
.
In 1979 he taught literature for 4 years before resigning from his position to become a full-time writer.
In 1984 he became journalist for the Revue Hebdo. Taillandier finds the inspiration walking in Paris, listening conversations while in the bistros. In 2006 he was appointed president of the Société des gens de lettres
Société des gens de lettres
The Sociéte des gens de lettres de France is a writers' association founded in 1838 by the notable French authors Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and George Sand...
. Taillandier, divorcé, is the father of three.
Works
In 1990 he published Les Clandestins, rewarded by the Prix Jean-Freustié (Jean-Freustié award). In 1992 the novel Les Nuits Racine received the prix Roger-Nimier (Roger-Nimier award).In 1999 Anielka is published and received the Prix de l'Académie Française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
(French Academy award).
In 2005 is published Option Paradis, the first novel in a series of a five-interlinked novels cycle, divided in fifty-five chapters (eleven chapters each novel) called La Grande Intrigue (The Big Plot), reviving a French classical literature tradition (La Comédie Humaine
La Comédie humaine
La Comédie humaine is the title of Honoré de Balzac's multi-volume collection of interlinked novels and stories depicting French society in the period of the Restoration and the July Monarchy .-Overview:...
by Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
, Les Rougon-Macquart
Les Rougon-Macquart
Les Rougon-Macquart is the collective title given to a cycle of twenty novels by French writer Émile Zola. Subtitled Histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le Second Empire , it follows the life of a fictional family living during the Second French Empire and is an example of French...
by Émile Zola
Émile Zola
Émile François Zola was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism...
). Following the evolution of five families through five generations, this work will be completed in 2010, celebrating the Taillandier's fifty-fifth anniversary. Telling, the second novel of this series was published in 2006.
Present days
He currently writes for French newspapers Le FigaroLe Figaro
Le Figaro is a French daily newspaper founded in 1826 and published in Paris. It is one of three French newspapers of record, with Le Monde and Libération, and is the oldest newspaper in France. It is also the second-largest national newspaper in France after Le Parisien and before Le Monde, but...
, l'Humanité
L'Humanité
L'Humanité , formerly the daily newspaper linked to the French Communist Party , was founded in 1904 by Jean Jaurès, a leader of the French Section of the Workers' International...
et la Montagne and keeps developing La Grande Intrigue, writing "only when everybody is sleeping".
Novels
- Personages de la rue du Couteau (Julliard, 1984)
- Tott (Julliard, 1985)
- Benoît ou les contemporains obscurs (Julliard, 1986)
- Les clandestins (De Fallois, 1990)
- Les Nuits Racine (De Fallois, 1992)
- Mémoires de Monte-Cristo (De Fallois, 1994)
- Des hommes qui s'éloignent (Fayard, 1997)
- Anielka (Stock, 1999)
- Journal de Marseille (Rocher, 1999)
- N6, La route de l'Italie (Stock, 2000)
- Le cas Gentile, (Stock, 2001)
- Option paradis (Stock, 2005)
- Telling (Stock, 2006)
- Il n'y a personne dans les tombes (Stock, 2007)
Essays
- Aragon (Fayard, 1997)
- Borges (François Bourin, 1993)
- Les parents lâcheurs (Rocher, 2001)
Citations
- Tout une part de la production romanesque contemporaine est rassurante. Ce sont des romans qui miment le roman. Il trahissent une grande nostalgie pour le passé.