Pierre Michon is a French

France

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 writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

. His first novel, Small lives (1984), is widely regarded as a masterpiece in contemporary French literature. He won several prizes for Small lives, The Origin of the World (1996) and his body of work. His novels and stories have been translated into German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, Polish, Czech and English.

Works

• Small Lives, Archipelago Books
  Archipelago Books
  Archipelago Books is an American not-for-profit literary publisher dedicated to promoting cross-cultural exchange through international literature in translation. Located Brooklyn, New York, it publishes small to mid-size runs of international fiction, poetry, and literary essays...
  
   (2008) [Vies minuscules, Gallimard (1984) ; Folio (1996)]
• Vie de Joseph Roulin, Verdier (1988)
• L'empereur d'Occident, with engravings by Pierre Alechinsky
  Pierre Alechinsky
  Pierre Alechinsky is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to Tachisme, Abstract expressionism, and Lyrical Abstraction.Alechinsky was born in Brussels...
  
  , Fata Morgana (1989); Verdier Poche (2007) without illustrations
• Masters and servants, Mercury House (1997) [Maîtres et serviteurs, Verdier (1990)]
• Rimbaud le fils, Gallimard (1991)
• The Origin of the World, Mercury House (2002) [La Grande Beune, Verdier (1996)]
• Le roi du bois, Verdier (1996)
• Mythologies d'hiver, Verdier (1997)
• Trois auteurs, Verdier (1997)
• Abbés, Verdier (2002)
• Corps du roi, Verdier (2002), Décembre prize
• Le roi vient quand il veut : propos sur la littérature, Albin Michel (2007)
• Les onze, Verdier (2009)

External links

• Pierre Michon at publisher's site (in French)
• Pierre Michon at remue.net (in French)
• Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info) (in French)
• Pierre Michon at Mercury House (English translations)