Pierre Michon

Pierre Michon ( born March 28, 1945 in Châtelus -le- Marcheix, Creuse ) is a French writer.

Life

Michon was born in Les cards, a hamlet in Châtelus -le- Marcheix, his mother was a teacher, his father left the family when Pierre was two years old. His maternal grandparents, who brought him there, spoke patois. Michon began the study of literature at the University of Clermont -Ferrand and wrote to a ( unfinished ) master's thesis on the theater of Antonin Artaud. The study, he became intermittently in Paris at the Institut national des langues et civilizations orientales continued without coming to an academic degree.

His first literary publication was 1983 article for the magazine Oracl. For his first novel Vies minuscules 1984 he received the Prix France Culture. It was founded in 2002 for Corps du roi the Prix Décembre and 2009 for Les onze with the Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie française awarded. In 2010 he received in Germany the Petrarch Prize.

Michon lives and works in Nantes.

Works in German translation

  • The Elf, translated by Eva Moldenhauer, Berlin: Suhrkamp, ​​2013
  • The Grande Beune, translated by Katja Massury. Berlin: Suhrkamp, ​​2011 ISBN 978-3-518-22463-2
  • Rimbaud 's son, translated by Anne Weber, Frankfurt, M.: Suhrkamp, ​​2008, ISBN 978-3-518-22437-3
  • Life of the little dead, translated by Anne Weber, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, ​​2004, ISBN 3- 518-41612 -X
  • Master and servant, translated by Holger Fock, Bremen: Manholt, 1994 ISBN 3-924903-41-7
  • The life of Joseph Roulin, translated by Joachim Klink, Bremen: Manholt, 1990 ISBN 3-924903-78-6
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