| Laurent Mauvignier | |
|---|---|
 Laurent Mauvignier in 2014. | |
| Born | 1967 (age 56–57) Tours, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Writer (prose and theater) |
| Family | Thierry Mauvignier |
Laurent Mauvignier (born in 1967, Tours) is a French writer. He is the brother of the director Thierry Mauvignier.
Biography
After studying visual arts at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Laurent Mauvignier decided to become a writer in the 1990s following the advice of Tanguy Viel, a friend and novelist. To date, he published all his works at the éditions de Minuit, where along with Jean Echenoz, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Marie NDiaye or Éric Chevillard, Laurent Mauvignier is associated with the so-called « Style Minuit ».
Works
Novels
- Loin d'eux, éditions de Minuit, 1999, ISBN 2707316717 – Prix Fénéon 2000
- Apprendre à finir, éditions de Minuit, 2000, ISBN 9782707318572 – Prix Wepler 2001; Inter Book Prize 2001
- Ceux d'à côté, éditions de Minuit, 2002, ISBN 2707317667
- Plus sale, Inventaire-invention, 2002, ISBN 2-914412-18-5
- Seuls, éditions de Minuit, 2004, ISBN 2707318469
- Le Lien, éditions de Minuit, 2005, ISBN 270731921X
- Dans la foule, éditions de Minuit, 2006, ISBN 2707319643 – Prix du roman Fnac 2006
- Des hommes, éditions de Minuit, 2009, ISBN 9782707320759 – Prix Virilo 2009; Prix des libraires 2010
- Un jour dans la vie, édité par la librairie Passages, 2010, ISBN 9782707321534
- Ce que j'appelle oubli, éditions de Minuit, 2011, ISBN 9782707322456
- Autour du monde, éditions de Minuit, 2014, ISBN 9782707323859 – Prix Amerigo-Vespucci 2014
- Retour à Berratham, éditions de Minuit, 2015, ISBN 9782707328830
- Histoires de la nuit, éditions de Minuit, 2020 ISBN 9782707346322
Translated works:
- The Birthday Party , Transit Books, 2023, ISBN 978-1945492655.
- In the Crowd , Faber and Faber, 2008, ISBN 9780571236367.
- The Wound , University of Nebraska Press, 2015, ISBN 978-0803239876.
- Ελληνική μετάφραση:(Greek Translation) Αυτό που εγώ ονομάζω λήθη, μετάφρ. Σπύρος Γιανναράς, εκδ. «`Αγρα», Αθήνα 2014, 75 σελ., ISBN 978-960-505-141-9
Play
- Tout mon amour, éditions de Minuit, 2012, ISBN 9782707322456.
Participation
- 2021: La légende de Thierry Mauvignier, directed by Dylan Besseau
Literary prizes
- 2000: Prix Fénéon
- 2001: Prix Wepler
- 2001: Prix du Livre Inter
- 2006: Prix du roman Fnac
- 2010: Prix des libraires
- 2014: Prix Amerigo-Vespucci
References
- ^ Bisson, Julien (December 14, 2009). "An Interview with Laurent Mauvignier". France Today. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- Bertrand, Michel; Germoni, Karine; Jauer, Annick (2014). Existe-t-il un style Minuit ?. Université de Provence. p. 274. ISBN 978-2853999397.
- Voisset-Veysseyre, Cécile. "Peut-on parler d'un style Minuit?". Slate.fr. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
External links
- Mauvignier's official website (in French)
- Living people
- 1967 births
- 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century French male writers
- 20th-century French novelists
- 20th-century French translators
- 21st-century French dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century French male writers
- 21st-century French novelists
- 21st-century French translators
- École des Beaux-Arts alumni
- Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- French male dramatists and playwrights
- French male novelists
- Novelists from Paris
- Prix des libraires winners
- Prix du Livre Inter winners
- Prix du premier roman winners
- Prix Fénéon winners
- Writers from Tours, France