Éric Laurrent (born 1966 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a contemporary French writer.

Éric Laurrent at salon du livre Radio France in 2011

Work

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His work, begun in 1995 with Coup de foudre, is distinct[1] from other works of the postmodern generation by a style that could be described as manierist or baroque. Like other postmodern authors, Eric Laurrent practices intertextuality abundantly, using each of his novels not as a rewriting of a classical work, but more as a burlesque tribute to the world's literary heritage. Thus, for example, the spy novel Les atomiques, his second novel (1996), plays on a re-reading of the Divine Comedy by Dante. Intertextuality can, in some cases, come more from intermediality,[2] as in the case of his first novel, built around the presence in the hollow of the painting The Birth of Venus by Botticelli.

Publications

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  • 1995: Coup de foudre, novel (Éditions de Minuit) – Prix Fénéon
  • 1996: Les Atomiques, novel (Minuit)
  • 1997: Liquider, novel (Minuit)
  • 1999: Remue-ménage, novel (Minuit)
  • 2000: Dehors, novel (Minuit)
  • 2002: Ne pas toucher, novel (Minuit)
  • 2004: À la fin, novel (Minuit)
  • 2005: Clara Stern, novel (Minuit)
  • 2008: Renaissance italienne, novel (Minuit)
  • 2011: Les Découvertes, novel (Minuit) – Prix Wepler.[3]
  • 2014: Berceau, narration (Minuit)
  • 2016: Un beau début, novel (Minuit) ISBN 978-2-70-732952-3Prix Alexandre-Vialatte.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Jean-Claude Lebrun (22 September 2005). "Éric Laurrent. Au bout du maniérisme". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. ^ Louis Hébert; Lucie Guillemette; Mylène Desrosiers; François Rioux (2009). Intertextualité, interdiscursivité et intermédialité. Vie des signes. Sainte-Foy, (Québec), Canada: Presses de l'Université Laval. p. 495. ISBN 978-2-7637-8656-8.
  3. ^ "Deux enfants remportent le prix Wepler". 14 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  4. ^ Un beau parcours pour Éric Laurrent by Amélie Cooper on the site of Le Magazine Littéraire 7 April 2016.
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