Philippe Vilain 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'ÃÂtreinte), the guilt of not loving enough (Le Renoncement), commitment (L'ÃÂté àDresde), adultery (Paris l'après-midi, La Femme infidèle), paternity (Faux-père), shyness (Confession dâÂÂun 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 LâÂÂautofiction en théorie; Fiction homonymique ou anominale quâÂÂun individu fait de sa vie ou dâÂÂune partie de celle-ci.
After La Dernière Année (adapted to theatre -Proscenium- by in 2002,) Paris l'après-midi (Prix François Mauriac of the Académie française 2007,) Pas son genre, his seventh novel (prix Scrivere per amore 2012 in Italy,) 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, 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.
Villain is an associate member of CERACC (Centre d'Etudes sur le Roman des Années Cinquante au Contemporain) at the university Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris III.
Recognition and awards
Works
Novels
- 1997: L'ÃÂtreinte, ÃÂditions Gallimard,
- 1999: La Dernière Année, Gallimard,
- 2001: Le Renoncement, novel, Gallimard,
- 2003: L'ÃÂté àDresde, novel, Gallimard,
- 2006: Paris l'après-midi, ÃÂditions Grasset, , Prix François Mauriac of the Académie française 2007
- 2008: Faux-père, Grasset,
- 2011: Pas son genre, Grasset, , (reissued in 2014 at the time of the cinematographic adaptation of Lucas Belvaux Pas son genre), Prix Scrivere per amore 2012 in Italy
- 2013: La Femme infidèle, Grasset, , Prix Jean Freustié 2013
- 2015: Une idée de l'enfer, Grasset
Essays
- 2005: Défense de Narcisse, followed by an interview with Serge Doubrovsky, Grasset
- 2005: Retours ÃÂ Hugo, photographs by Jean-Luc Chapin, Confluences
- 2009: L'Autofiction en théorie, followed by two interviews with Philippe Sollers and Philippe Lejeune, La Transparence
- 2009: Confession d'un timide, Grasset
- 2010: Dans le séjour des corps. Essay on Marguerite Duras, La Transparence, series "Essais d'esthétique"
- 2011: Dit-il. Based on ' by Marguerite Duras, éditions Cécile Defaut
- 2011: ÃÂloge de l'arrogance, ÃÂditions du Rocher
- 2016: La littérature sans idéal, Grasset,
- 2020: La Passion d'Orphée, Grasset.
Preface
- Le donjuanisme est un humanisme, preface Don Juan [1665] by Molière, Hatier, 2009.
Interviews
- Je interdit ?, information gathered by Anne Crignon, Le Nouvel Observateur, nð 2101, 10âÂÂ16 February 2005.
- Philippe Vilain lâÂÂimmoraliste, information gathered by Emmanuelle Desforges, Littéréalité (University of Toronto), vol. XVIII, nð 2, Autumn/Winter 2006, p. 27-33.
- Entre Egoismo e generosidade, interview with Miguel Conde, O Globo, Prosa ç Verso (Brazil), 17 November 2007.
- LâÂÂamour, comme pour Stendhal, est ma grande affaire, interview with Vincent Roy. Transfuge, April 2011.
- LâÂÂamore ? E una questione di soldi, interview with Gianni Rossi Barilli, Grazia (Italy), nð 10, 5 March 2012.
- Tout le monde est écrivain sauf moi (2003), in Philippe Sollers. Fugues, Gallimard, 2012.
Television
Adaptations of his works
Theatre
- La Dernière Année, adapted to theatre -Proscenium- by Jean-Paul Muel in 2002.
Cinema
Bibliography
Articles
- Johan Faerber (Université Paris III), Une vie sans histoire. Ou lâÂÂimpact autobiographique dans lâÂÂÃ
Âuvre de Philippe Vilain, Revue de Littérature Comparée (Autobiographies), JanuaryâÂÂMarch 2008, p. 131-140.
- Philippe Gasparini, Autofiction. Une aventure du langage.- Paris: ÃÂditions du Seuil, series "Poétique", 2008, p. 262-266.
- Sabine Van Wesemael (Université dâÂÂAmsterdam), Philippe Vilain se penche sur le miroir de son enfance, Actes du Colloque Relations familiales dans les littératures française et francophones des XXe et XXIe siècles : la figure de la mère, Université de Pau, 26 October 2006, Paris, LâÂÂHarmattan, 2008, p. 47-56.
Printed press
- Christine Rousseau, 'JâÂÂai le sentiment dâÂÂêtre écrit par lâÂÂécriture', in Le Monde des Livres, 3 October 2008.
- Sophie Pujas, Philippe Vilain : Vaine pudeur, Transfuge, June 2010.
- Emmanuel Gehrig, L'audace du timide, Le Temps (Switzerland), August 2010.
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