Philippe Forest
Encyclopedia
Philippe Forest is a French author and professor of literature. He has been awarded the First Novel Prix Femina
(1997) and the Prix Décembre
(2004), and his works have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. He has taught at several Universities, including Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Saint-Andrews, and the University of Nantes.
Novels, translated
Essays
Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
(1997) and the Prix Décembre
Prix Décembre
The Prix Décembre, originally known as the Prix Novembre, is one of France's premier literary awards. Its winners are generally far more radical choices than the more staid and conservative Prix Goncourt...
(2004), and his works have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese. He has taught at several Universities, including Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Saint-Andrews, and the University of Nantes.
Publications
Novels, French- L'enfant éternel (Prix FeminaPrix FeminaThe Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
), Gallimard, 1997; Folio, 1998 - Toute la nuit, Gallimard, 1999
- Sarinagara (Prix DécembrePrix DécembreThe Prix Décembre, originally known as the Prix Novembre, is one of France's premier literary awards. Its winners are generally far more radical choices than the more staid and conservative Prix Goncourt...
), Gallimard 2004; Folio, 2006 - Le Nouvel Amour, Gallimard, 2007
- Le siècle des nuages, Gallimard, 2010
Novels, translated
- Sarinagara, Mercury HouseMercury House (publishers)Mercury House, a project of Words Given Wings Literary Arts Project, a 501 nonprofit corporation, is an independent trade book publishing company, based in San Francisco, California. The press is distributed by Perseus Books Group and Small Press Distribution.The press has published over 130 titles...
, 2009
Essays
- Philippe Sollers, Seuil, 1992
- Camus, Marabout, 1992
- Le Mouvement surréaliste, Vuibert, 1994
- Textes et labyrinthes : Joyce, Kafka, Muir, Borges, Butor, Robbe-Grillet, éd. Inter-universitaires, 1995
- Histoire de Tel QuelTel QuelTel Quel was an avant-garde magazine for literature, founded in 1960 in Paris by Philippe Sollers and Jean-Edern Hallier.-Overview:...
, Seuil, 1995 - Oé Kenzaburô, Pleins Feux, 2001
- Le roman, le je, Pleins Feux, 2001
- Près des acacias, l'autisme, une énigme (avec des photos d'Olivier Menanteau), Actes Sud/ 3CA, 2002
- Raymond Hains, uns roman, Gallimard 2004
- La beauté du contresens et autres essais sur la littérature japonaise (Allaphbed 1), Cécile Defaut, 2005
- De Tel Quel à L'Infini, nouveaux essais (Allaphbed 2), Cécile Defaut, 2006
- Le Roman, le réel et autres essais (Allaphbed 3), Cécile Defaut, 2007
- Tous les enfants sauf un, Gallimard, 2007