Prix Décembre
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2002) Winner
Pierre Michon
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Pierre Michon
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-03-28 （Châtelus-le-Marcheix）
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Creuse, France
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1984-2024
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Prix Décembre | — | — | — | winner |
| 2009 | Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française | Les Onze | — | Académie française | winner |
| 2010 | Petrarca-Preis | — | — | — | winner |
| 2017 | International Nonino Prize | — | — | Nonino | winner |
| 2019 | Franz Kafka Prize | — | — | — | winner |
Prix Décembre
2002
Result:
winner
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
2009
Work:
Les Onze
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
winner
Petrarca-Preis
2010
Result:
winner
International Nonino Prize
2017
Organization:
Nonino
Result:
winner
Franz Kafka Prize
2019
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1 appearances
-
Edition 95 (2009) Winner
Franz Kafka Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 19 (2019) Winner
Works
Major Works
Small Lives
1984 FictionHis first novel, widely regarded as a masterpiece in contemporary French literature, depicting small lives from rural poverty.
Rural povertyBroken familyIrrepressible impulsesUnavoidable failures
Translations
- Translated into Japanese, English, etc.
The Origin of the World
1996 FictionLa Grande Beune.
Art and life
Translations
- English translation 2002
The Eleven
2009 FictionNovel about eleven painters.
Lives of painters
Translations
- English translation 2013
Translations of Works
- German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Serbian, Czech, Norwegian, Estonian, Japanese, English
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Sensitive authorGifted stylistConfessional stylePlutarch-like lives
- Recurring Motifs
- Lives of famous artists and poetsMisfortunes of the lowlyRise from rural poverty
Legacy
Master of contemporary French literature, winner of numerous prizes, works translated into many languages.
Quotes
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this beautiful, shuddering text, written with exact mastery, tends towards appeasement. The writing, touched by grace, gives substance to fading souls: that's justification, if any were needed. It consoles us for the indecency of life, which imposes the painful feeling of being too much, of having done nothing for it, and of having to apologise for it.
Source: Le Monde (1984) -
Whether he is charting the misfortunes of the lowly, portraying his own difficult rise from rural poverty and a broken family to the completion of his first book, or plunging into the destinies of Watteau, Goya, Rimbaud, or Van Gogh, Michon poignantly captures the essence of the compelling courses our lives take.
Source: Paths to Contemporary French Literature (2011)
Trivia
- Born in rural poverty in Creuse
- Spouse: Yaël Pachet
- Multiple literary prizes