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Guillaume Dustan

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Guillaume Dustan

Aliases: William Baranès

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1965-11-28 (Paris)
Died
2005-10-03 (Paris) age 39
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris

Career

Occupations
writer, administrative judge, short film producer
Active Years
1995-2005
Affiliations
Balland
Influenced By
Renaud Camus, Marguerite Duras, Hervé Guibert, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Bret Easton Ellis

Education

École nationale d'administration
Country: France
before turning to writing

Awards

Prix de Flore
1999
Work: Nicolas Pages
Organization: Prix de Flore committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

In My Room

1996 autofiction

Autofictional portrayal of gay life in mid-1990s Paris amid the AIDS crisis.

gay glamourParis nightlifeAIDS crisis
Translations
  • English: In My Room

Bibliography

  • Dans ma chambre (In My Room, 1996)
  • Je sors ce soir (I'm Going Out Tonight, 1997)
  • Plus fort que moi (Stronger Than Me, 1997)
  • Nicolas Pages (1999)
  • Génie divin (2001)
  • LXIR (2002)
  • Dernier Roman (2004)
  • Premier Essai (2005)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
autofictionraw first-person narrativefragmented style
Recurring Motifs
gay sexbarebackingdrugsParis club scene

Health

  • drug overdose
    2005年
    accidental death

Legacy

Pioneering French gay writer known for autofiction depicting 1990s Paris gay scene and AIDS era. Winner of Prix de Flore. Controversial advocate for barebacking.

In Popular Culture

  • Appeared in film Process

Trivia

  • Openly gay writer
  • Clashed with ACT UP
  • Produced short films Nous and Back