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Philippe Forest

フィリップ・フォレスト

Firippu Fōresuto

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962-06-18 (Paris)
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Paris → Nantes

Career

Occupations
author, professor of literature
Active Years
1992-2024
Affiliations
University of Cambridge, University of St Andrews, University of Edinburgh, University of Nantes, Nouvelle Revue Française editors

Education

Sciences Po
Country: France
Paris-Sorbonne University
Faculty of Letters
Country: France

Awards

Prix Femina
1997
Work: L'enfant éternel
Category: premier roman
Organization: Académie des femmes
Result: winner
Prix Décembre
2004
Work: Sarinagara
Organization: Fondation Prix Décembre
Result: winner
Prix Goncourt de la Biographie
2015
Work: Aragon
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

L'enfant éternel

1997 novel

First novel about the eternal child.

childhoodeternity
Translations
  • English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese

Bibliography

  • L'enfant éternel
  • Toute la nuit
  • Sarinagara
  • Le Nouvel Amour
  • Le siècle des nuages

Translations by Author

  • Oé Kenzaburô
  • La beauté du contresens et autres essais sur la littérature japonaise

Translations of Works

  • Sarinagara (Mercury House, 2009)

Legacy

French contemporary author and literature professor who won several literary prizes and taught at various universities. His works have been translated into multiple languages.

Trivia

  • His works have been translated into English, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.