Frédéric Boyer Explained

Frédéric Boyer (born 2 March 1961, Cannes) is a French author of novels, poems, essays, and translations.[1]

Biography

A former student of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay Saint-Cloud, he coordinated the Bible Nouvelle Traduction (Bayard, 2001), with Olivier Cadiot, Jean Echenoz, Florence Delay, Jacques Roubaud, and others. He proposed new translations of the Confessions by Augustine of Hippo for which he was awarded the Prix Jules Janin of the Académie française (Les aveux, P.O.L., 2008) as well as Richard II, P.O.L 2010 and Shakespeare's sonnets, P.O.L., 2010). He is published by .

He is also the president of Tetra Media Studios, best known in the Anglophone world for the television drama series A French Village. He is currently the literary director of Éditions P.O.L.[2] He assumed this position in 2018 after the death of the publishing house's founding editor, Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens.[3]

Frédéric Boyer is also the artistic director of the Les Arcs Film Festival and the Tribeca Festival (since 2012).[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Frédéric Boyer . . 2019 . P.O.L . 3 March 2020 .
  2. Web site: Editions POL . Contacter les éditions P.O.L . 22 September 2020.
  3. News: Frédéric Boyer prendra la succession de Paul Otchakovsky-Laurens à la tête des éditions P.O.L . 22 September 2020 . Le Monde . 13 February 2018 . Auteur pour la maison P.O.L. et proche de son fondateur Paul Otchakowsky-Laurens, Frédéric Boyer prendra la présidence des éditions P.O.L, à compter du mois de mai 2018.
  4. Web site: Frédéric Boyer • Artistic director, Les Arcs Film Festival. Lemercier. Fabien. 2018-12-14. Cineuropa. 2023-12-26.
  5. Web site: Welcome: Frederic Boyer, Artistic Director. McCracken. Kristin. 2011. TribecaFilm. 2023-12-26.