Bernard Comment Explained

Bernard Comment (born 20 April 1960) is a Swiss writer, translator, scriptwriter, and publisher of books.

Early life

Bernard Comment was born in Porrentruy, Switzerland, on 20 April 1960. He is a son of the artist Jean-François Comment.[1] His elder brother Gerard is the proprietor of a record store Collector Shop in his hometown.[2]

Education

Comment studied Literature at the University of Geneva under Jean Starobinski and at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris under Roland Barthes.[1]

Career

Comment moved to Tuscany, where for four years he taught at the University of Pisa. He worked as a sports journalist, before moving to Paris to join as a research fellow at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences.

Literary

He published his first novel L'ombre de mémoire[3] in 1990. Between 1993 and 1994, he was awarded a residential fellowship at the Villa Médicis, which inspired a tract against this kind of State-supported grants.

Comment has translated several books of Antonio Tabucchi into French.

In 2005, he succeeded Denis Roche as director at Fiction & Cie,[4] and was appointed president of the Commission of the Novel at the Centre national du livre, which he held till 2008.[5]

In 2010, with Stanley Buchthal, he edited Fragments, a collection of intimate writings, poems and letters of Marilyn Monroe.[6]

Film and broadcasting

Along with Alain Tanner, he co-wrote the screenplays for the films Fourbi (1996), Requiem (1998), Jonas et Lila, Til Tomorrow (1999), Paul s'en va (2004). He also created with Bertrand Theubet, Le pied dans la fourmilière (1998) based on one of his novels.[1]

He was a member of the international jury at the Locarno International Film Festival (1996) and Fribourg International Film Festival (1998).[1]

In 1999, he was appointed as director of fiction at France Culture.

Other

In the 1980s, Comment was a secretary of the Swiss Association of Football Players.[7]

From October 2011, he has been an advisor of programming at Arte.[8]

Awards and honours

Bibliography

Novels

Essays and stories

Collections

List of stories

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A failure
  • Book: Comment, Bernard . Tout passes . Christian Bourgois . 2011 .
  • Comment, Bernard . Translated by Carolyne Lee . Autumn 2014 . [<!--accessdate= --> A failure ]. Meanjin . 73 . 1 . 169–172 .

As editor

Translations

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Dictionnaire du Jura. Emma Chatelain. Philippe Hebeisen. October 10, 2005. November 12, 2012. Comment, Bernard (1960–). fr.
  2. News: L'illustré. BERNARD COMMENT: "MON MONDE SE DÉPLOIE DEPUIS PORRENTRUY". Blaise Calame. April 26, 2011. November 12, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108092409/http://www.illustre.ch/Bernard-Comment-ecrivain-litterature-livre-Tout-passe-Jura-Ajoie-Goncourt-2011_100257_.html. January 8, 2014. mdy-all.
  3. Book: L'ombre de mémoire. 1990 . Christian Bourgois. fr. 978-2267008784.
  4. News: Premiere. Bernard Comment Petits changements, grande continuité. https://archive.today/20130217123804/http://fluctuat.premiere.fr/Livres/News/Bernard-Comment-3254076. dead. February 17, 2013. fr. May 7, 2008. November 12, 2012.
  5. Web site: Centre national du livre. François Taillandier, nouveau président de la commission roman au CNL. May 29, 2008. November 12, 2012.
  6. Book: Monroe, Marilyn. Fragments. Poèmes, écrits intimes, lettres. Le Seuil. Marilyn Monroe. fr. Tiphaine Samoyault. 2010. 978-2021023282. Bernard. Comment. Stanley. Buchthal.
  7. News: Le Monde des Livres. Bernard Comment: secrets de famille. Raphaëlle Rérolle. May 13, 2011. 4.
  8. News: L'Humanité. Marie-José Sirach. Passage en force à la tête de la Maison de la poésie. fr. October 17, 2012. November 12, 2012.
  9. Web site: Lauréats du Prix LIPP Suisse. Brasserie Lipp. November 12, 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081202135116/http://www.brasserie-lipp.com/default.asp?390332D3741663E62663336331D36E. December 2, 2008. mdy-all.
  10. News: L'Hebdo. September 22, 1994. L'écrivain suisse de la villa Médicis. November 12, 2012. fr. Michel Audétat.
  11. Web site: Prix de la Commission de littérature de langue française du canton de Berne: Les diverses facettes de la vie littéraire romande à l'honneur. Canton de Berne. fr. November 12, 2012. September 23, 2005.
  12. Web site: Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Janvier 2010. fr. Le Ministere. November 12, 2012.
  13. News: L'Express. Bernard Comment, Goncourt de la nouvelle 2011. May 3, 2011. fr. November 12, 2012.
  14. Book: The Shadow of Memory. (trans.) Betsy Wing. 978-1564788436. 2012. Dalkey Archive Press.

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