Biography
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 [ fr ] 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 [ fr ], 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 the CERACC (Centre d’Etudes sur le Roman des Années Cinquante au Contemporain) at the university Sorbonne-Nouvelle Paris III.
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