Philippe Vilain

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Philippe Vilain (born 1969) is a French man of letters, writer, essayist, doctor of modern literature of the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle.

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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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Interviews

Television

Distinctions

Adaptations of his works

Theatre

Cinema

Bibliography

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