Philippe Vilain
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Philippe Vilain is a French man of letters, writer, essayist, doctor of modern literature of the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.
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 Jean-Paul Muel 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 Pierre Brunel, 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 CERACC (Centre d'Etudes sur le Roman des Années Cinquante au Contemporain) at the university Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris III.
Recognition and awards
- Prix François Mauriac of the Académie française 2007 for Paris l'après-midi
- Prix Scrivere per amore 2012 in Italy for Pas son genre
- Prix Jean Freustié 2013 for La Femme infidèle
- Prix Méditerranée 2023 for La Malédition de la Madone
Works
Novels
- 1997: L'Étreinte, Éditions Gallimard, ISBN 2070750647
- 1999: La Dernière Année, Gallimard, ISBN 2070756580
- 2001: Le Renoncement, novel, Gallimard, ISBN 2070763064
- 2003: L'Été à Dresde, novel, Gallimard, ISBN 2070727904
- 2006: Paris l'après-midi, Éditions Grasset, ISBN 2246672813, Prix François Mauriac of the Académie française 2007[3]
- 2008: Faux-père, Grasset, ISBN 2246717310
- 2011: Pas son genre, Grasset, ISBN 2246771013, (reissued in 2014 at the time of the cinematographic adaptation of Lucas Belvaux Pas son genre), Prix Scrivere per amore 2012 in Italy[4]
- 2013: La Femme infidèle, Grasset, ISBN 2246792037, Prix Jean Freustié 2013[6]
- 2015: Une idée de l'enfer, Grasset
Essays
- 2005: Défense de Narcisse, followed by an interview with Serge Doubrovsky, Grasset
- 2005: Retours à 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 L'Été 80 by Marguerite Duras, éditions Cécile Defaut
- 2011: Éloge de l'arrogance, Éditions du Rocher
- 2016: La littérature sans idéal, Grasset, ISBN 2246809177
- 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, n° 2101, 10–16 February 2005.
- Philippe Vilain l’immoraliste, information gathered by Emmanuelle Desforges, Littéréalité (University of Toronto), vol. XVIII, n° 2, Autumn/Winter 2006, p. 27-33.
- Entre Egoismo e generosidade, interview with Miguel Conde, O Globo, Prosa § Verso (Brazil), 17 November 2007.
- L’amour, comme pour Stendhal, est ma grande affaire, interview with Vincent Roy. Transfuge, April 2011.
- L’amore ? E una questione di soldi, interview with Gianni Rossi Barilli, Grazia (Italy), n° 10, 5 March 2012.
- Tout le monde est écrivain sauf moi (2003), in Philippe Sollers. Fugues, Gallimard, 2012.
Television
- Bouillon de culture, hosted by Bernard Pivot, France 2, 15 October 1999
- Ce soir ou jamais, hosted by Frédéric Taddeï, France 3, 23 November 2006
Adaptations of his works
Theatre
- La Dernière Année, adapted to theatre -Proscenium- by Jean-Paul Muel in 2002.[2]
Cinema
- Not My Type, based on his eponymous novel, French film directed by Lucas Belvaux, 2014.
