Céline Minard

Céline Minard (born 1969 in Rouen) is a French writer.

Biography

After studying philosophy, she devoted herself to the work of writing, sometimes collaborating with visual artists. Her work would mark "the return of pure and hard fiction in the French literary landscape".

In 2007 and 2008, she was a resident of the Villa Médicis in Rome. In 2011, she was a resident of Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto in Japan.

In 2008, her 4th novel, Bastard Battle, was rewarded with a special mention by the jury of the Prix Wepler.

In 2011, she received the prestigious Franz-Hessel-Preis for So Long Luise.[1] With Faillir être flingué, she was rewarded with several prizes including the Prix Virilo in 2013 and the Prix du Livre Inter in 2014.[2]

Works
  • 2004: R., Comp'Act.[3]
  • 2005: La Manadologie, Musica Falsa Éditions
  • 2007: Le Dernier Monde, Denoël.[4]
  • 2008: Bastard battle, Éditions Léo Scheer, coll. « Laureli »
  • 2010: Olimpia, Denoël
  • 2011: So long, Luise, Denoël
  • 2011: Les Ales, in collaboration with scomparo, Cambourakis
  • 2013: Faillir être flingué, Payot & Rivages.[5]
  • 2014: KA TA, emballé by scomparo, Rivages
  • 2016: Le Grand Jeu, Rivages

Distinctions
  • Special mention of the Prix Wepler 2008 for Bastard battle
  • Franz-Hessel Prize 2011 for So long, Luise
  • Prix Virilo 2013 for Faillir être flingué
  • Prix du Style 2013 for Faillir être flingué
  • Prix du Livre Inter 2014 for Faillir être flingué
  • Sélection Prix Mauvais genres 2013 for Faillir être flingué.[6]
gollark: The police do not actually, you realise, set law.
gollark: If part of your concern is institutional racism or whatever, how are law changes going to fix it?
gollark: No, that is *a thing they do*, but the general point of them is to enforce laws, which happens most of the time.
gollark: Yes, some police do bad things, but that doesn't mean all of them do, so "What good things do either us police or army do" is very hyperbolic.
gollark: I mean, they are mostly not... randomly arresting people due to incorrect skin melanin content.

References
  1. "Thomas Melle et Céline Minard, lauréats du prix franco-allemand Franz Hessel". LExpress.fr. Dec 9, 2011. Retrieved Dec 14, 2019.
  2. Céline Minard lauréate du prix du livre Inter, Le Monde /AFP June 2014
  3. Eric Dussert, Le Matricule des Anges n° 053, May 2004. ": R. - Céline Minard". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. Nathalie Crom - Telerama n° 2978. "Céline Minard. Le Dernier Monde". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  5. Laurence Biava. "Faillir être flingué, Céline Minard". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. "Alexandre Mathis et Dominique Kalifa lauréats du 2ème Prix du livre Mauvais genres France Culture - Obsession". France Culture. Oct 19, 2013. Retrieved Dec 14, 2019.
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