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Michel Bataille

ミシェル・バタイユ

Mishieru Bataiyū

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1926-03-25 (Paris, France)
Died
2008-02-28 (Clamart, France) age 81
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris → Saint-Cloud → Normandy

Career

Occupations
Writer, Architect, Screenwriter
Active Years
1947-1977
Influenced By
Le Corbusier, Georges Bataille
Nominations
Nominated for Prix Goncourt (L'arbre de Noël)

Education

École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
Architecture Department
Country: France
Participated in projects with Le Corbusier

Awards

Prix Stendhal
1947
Work: Patrick
Result: 受賞
Prix des Deux Magots
1965
Work: Une pyramide sur la mer
Result: 受賞
Prix des Quatre Jurys
1969
Work: Une colère blanche
Result: 受賞
Jean-Cocteau Prize
1970
Work: Le cri dans le mur
Result: 受賞
Maison de la Presse Prize
1974
Work: Les jours meilleurs
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'arbre de Noël

1967 Novel

A novel about family, shortlisted for Prix Goncourt and adapted into a film.

FamilyLoss
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Christmas Tree / Terence Young (1969)
Translations
  • English: The Christmas Tree (1969)

Bibliography

  • Patrick (1947)
  • La marche du soleil (1950)
  • Le chat sauvage (1960)
  • Cinq jours d'automne (1963)
  • Le feu du ciel (1964)
  • Une pyramide sur la mer (1965)
  • La ville des fous (1966)
  • L'arbre de Noël (1967)
  • Une colère blanche (1969)
  • Le cri dans le mur (1970)
  • Les jours meilleurs (1973)
  • Sans toit ni loi (1974)
  • Cendres sur la mer (1975)
  • Soleil secret (1975)
  • Demain Jaurès (1977)

Adaptations

  • The Christmas Tree (film, 1969)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Emotional narrative
Recurring Motifs
Creativity and sufferingFamily dramaSocial issues

Health

  • Deafness
    1950年代頃
    Left architecture to devote to writing

Legacy

French novelist who won several literary prizes and had works adapted to film.

Trivia

  • Nephew of Georges Bataille.