Philippe Vilain Explained

Philippe Vilain (born 1969) is a French man of letters, writer, essayist, doctor of modern literature of the .

Biography

His literary work presents itself as an exploration of the consciousness of love: jealousy (L'Étreinte), the guilt of not loving enough (Le Renoncement), commitment (L'Été à Dresde), adultery (Paris l'après-midi, La Femme infidèle), paternity (Faux-père), shyness (Confession d’un timide), cultural and social difference (Pas son genre).

His theoretical work questions contemporary literature (Dans le séjour des corps. Essai sur Marguerite Duras) and Autofiction. A new defining pact is advanced in L’autofiction en théorie; Fiction homonymique ou anominale qu’un individu fait de sa vie ou d’une partie de celle-ci.[1]

After La Dernière Année (adapted to theatre -Proscenium- by in 2002,[2]) Paris l’après-midi (prix François Mauriac of the Académie française 2007,[3]) Pas son genre, his seventh novel (prix Scrivere per amore 2012 in Italy,[4]) was the subject of a cinematographic adaptation by director Lucas Belvaux in 2014, under the same title.

In April 2013, at the International Symposium Les intermittences du sujet : écritures de soi et discontinu (1913-2013), the University of Upper Alsace welcomed Philippe Vilain for a day of study on his work. A university book was published following this study day: Philippe Vilain ou la dialectique des genres, under the direction of Arnaud Schmitt and Philippe Weigel,[5] which brought together contributions of, Jean Pierrot, Marc Dambre and Frédérique Toudoire-Surlapierre.

His novel La Femme infidèle was awarded the Prix Jean Freustié in 2013.[6]

Villain is an associate member of the CERACC (Centre d’Etudes sur le Roman des Années Cinquante au Contemporain) at the university Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris III.

Works

Novels

Essays

Preface

Interviews

Television

Distinctions

Adaptations of his works

Theatre

Cinema

Bibliography

Articles

Printed press

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.autofiction.org/index.php?post/2009/08/31/Entretien-inedit-d-Isabelle-Grell-avec-Philippe-Vilain Entretien inédit de Philippe Vilain par Isabelle Grell - autofiction.org
  2. http://www.theatreonline.com/guide/detail_piece.asp?i_Programmation=4823 LA DERNIÈRE ANNÉE - Proscenium | THEATREonline.com
  3. http://www.academie-francaise.fr/prix-francois-mauriac Prix François Mauriac | Académie française
  4. Web site: A Philippe Vilain il premio letterario «Scrivere per Amore» | Intoccabili . 2017-01-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140418234116/http://intoccabili.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/a-philippe-vilain-il-premio-letterario-scrivere-per-amore/ . 2014-04-18 . dead .
  5. Éditions Orizons, collection Université /Comparaison, 2015.
  6. Web site: Le prix Freustié pour "Une femme infidèle". Jérôme Garcin. 25 January 2017.