Christine Angot Explained
| Christine Angot |
| Birth Name: | Christine Pierrette Jeanne Marie-Clotilde Schwartz |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Châteauroux, France |
| Language: | French |
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| Notable Works: | Incest (1999) |
| Awards: | Prix Médicis (2021) |
| Years Active: | 1990–present |
Christine Angot (born 7 February 1959) is a French novelist, playwright and screenwriter.
Life
Born Christine Pierrette Marie-Clotilde Schwartz (Schwartz being her mother's name) in Châteauroux, Indre, she is perhaps best known for her 1999 novel L'Inceste (Incest) which recounts an incestuous relationship with her father.[1] It is a subject which appears in several of her previous books, but it is unclear whether these works are autofiction, and whether the events described actually took place. Angot herself describes her work – a metafiction on society's fundamental prohibition of incest and her own writings on the subject – as performative acts. (cf Quitter la ville).[2]
She was named the winner of the Prix Sade in 2012 for Une semaine de vacances.[3]
In 2021, she was awarded the Prix Médicis for her novel Le Voyage dans l'Est.[4]
In collaboration with director Claire Denis, she has written two films: Let the Sunshine In (2017)[5] and Both Sides of the Blade (2022).[6] Both Sides of the Blade is based on her novel Un tournant de la vie (2018).[7]
Selected works
Novels
- Vu du ciel (1990)
- Not to be (1991)
- Léonore, toujours (1994)
- Interview (1995)
- Les Autres (1997)
- Sujet Angot (1998)
- L'Usage de la vie incluant Corps plongés dans un liquide, Même si et Nouvelle vague (1998)
- L'Inceste (1999) Incest, trans. Tess Lewis (Archipelago Books, 2017)
- Quitter la ville (2000)
- Normalement suivi de La Peur du lendemain (2001)
- Pourquoi le Brésil ? (2002)
- Peau d'âne (2003)
- Les Désaxés (2004)
- Une partie du cœur (2004)
- Rendez-vous (2006)
- Othoniel (2006)
- Le Marché des amants (2008)
- Les Petits (2011)
- La Petite Foule (2014)
- Un amour impossible (2015) An Impossible Love, trans. Armine Kotin Mortimer (Archipelago Books, 2021)
- Un tournant de la vie (2018)
- Le Voyage dans l'Est (2021)
Plays
- Corps plongés dans un liquide (1992)
- Nouvelle vague (1992)
- Même si (1996)
- L'Usage de la vie (1997)
- Arrêtez, arrêtons, arrête (1997)
- Mais aussi autre chose (1999)
- La Fin de l'amour (2000)
- Meinhof/Angot (2001)
- Normalement (2002)
- La Place du singe (2005)
Films
Notes and References
- Web site: Christine_Angot . Igrs.sas.ac.uk . 6 November 1999 . 24 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717134450/http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/research/CWWF/Christine_Angot.htm . 17 July 2011 .
- Web site: France-Diplomatie . Diplomatie.gouv.fr . 24 April 2011.
- https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/christine-angot-laureate-du-prix-sade-02-10-2012-2196339.php "Christine Angot lauréate du prix Sade"
- Web site: 26 October 2021 . Prix Médicis : Christine Angot lauréate pour son roman Le Voyage dans l'Est . 10 November 2021 . . fr.
- News: Hornaday . Ann . Ann Hornaday . 9 May 2018 . 'Let the Sunshine In': Juliette Binoche is a woman looking for love (and a little sex) . 7 February 2022 . The Washington Post.
- Web site: Keslassy . Elsa . Lang . Brent . 3 February 2022 . IFC Films Reunites With Claire Denis on Berlinale Film 'Fire' With Juliette Binoche (EXCLUSIVE) . 7 February 2022 . Variety.
- Lodge . Guy . 12 February 2022 . 'Fire' Review: Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon Excel in Claire Denis' Sexy, Emotionally Volatile Relationship Drama . . 13 February 2022.
- Web site: The Berlinale unveils its Competition and Encounters titles . Davide. Abbatescianni . 22 January 2024. 30 January 2024 . . en.
