François Bon

François Bon (born 22 May 1953 in Luçon) is a French writer and translator.
Work
François Bon published his first novel in 1982, Sortie d'usine. He then earned a creative residency at the Villa Médicis in 1984, and has since worked in literature, as a writer, translator, performer or publisher. François Bon has written essays, novels, radio programs, poetry as well as theatre or children's literature.
In 2010, he began a series of translations of novels and essays by the American author H.P Lovecraft, for which he created a website, The Lovecraft Monument.
He also works with underprivileged young people in writing workshops. Since 2013, he teaches creative writing at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts of Cergy-Pontoise (France).
Contribution to web literature
In 1997, Bon created one of the first French websites entirely about literature : remue.net, that evolved into tierslivre.net and became his primary creative platform. His interest for literary creation on and for the Internet led him to work on a project about digital photography, tumulte.net, a website that turned into a book, Tumulte, published in 2006.
He has since participated in symposiums and panels, where he has discussed the relationship between literature and technology. He launched an ebook publishing company, Publie.net and has released an essay about the changing nature of the book in the Information Age, Après le livre (2011).
In 2016, Bon created his own publishing house, Tiers Livre Editeurs, which complements his blog's output.
Distinctions
1984-1985 : resident at the Villa Médicis.
1987-1988 : laureate of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (Berliner Künstlerprogramm).
1991 : laureate of the Bosch Fondation (Stuttgart).
1992 : awarded the Prix Paul Vaillant-Couturier for L'Enterrement.
1992 : awarded the Prix du livre en Poitou-Charentes for L’Enterrement.
1993 : awarded the Prix Télérama for Dans la ville invisible.
2000 : awarded the Prix France Culture / revue Urbanisme "La ville à lire" for Paysage fer.
2002 : awarded the Prix Louis-Guilloux for Mécanique.
2002 : awarded the Prix d'automne de la Société des gens de Lettre for Rolling Stones.
2004 : awarded the Prix Wepler for Daewoo.
2015 : Mission Stendhal (Lovecraft archives in Providence).
Bibliography
Romans et récits
Sortie d'usine, Paris, Minuit, 1982
Limite, Paris, Minuit, 1985
Le Crime de Buzon, Paris, Minuit, 1986
Décor ciment, Paris, Minuit, 1988
Calvaire des chiens, Paris, Minuit, 1990
L'Enterrement, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1991
Temps machine, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1992
Un fait divers, Paris, Minuit, 1994
C'était toute une vie, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1995
Parking, Paris, Minuit, 1996
Voleurs de feu - Les vies singulières des poètes, illustrated by François Place, Paris, Hatier, 1996
Prison, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1997
Impatience, Paris, Minuit, 1998
Tous les mots sont adultes, method for writing workshops, Paris, Fayard, 2000
Paysage fer, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2000
15021, photos of Jérôme Schlomoff, Coaraze, L'Amourier éditions, 2000
Mécanique, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2001
Daewoo, Paris, Fayard, 2004
Tumulte, Paris, Fayard, 2006
L'Incendie du Hilton, Paris, Albin Michel, 2009
Children's and youth's literature
Dans la ville invisible, Paris, Gallimard Jeunesse, 1993
30, rue de la Poste, Paris, Seuil Jeunesse, 1996
Autoroute, Paris, Seuil Jeunesse, 1998
Essays and biographies
La Folie Rabelais, Paris, Minuit, 1990
François Place, illustrateur, Paris, Casterman, 1994
Dehors est la ville, essay about Edward Hopper, Paris, Flohic, 1998
Pour Koltès, Besançon, Solitaires Intempestifs, 2000
Rolling Stones, une biographie, Paris, Fayard, 2002
Bob Dylan, une biographie, Paris, Albin Michel, 2007
Rock'n roll, un portrait de Led Zeppelin, Paris, Albin Michel, 2008
Billancourt, with photos from Antoine Stéphani, Paris, Cercle d'art, 2004
Petit Palais, with photos from Antoine Stéphani, Paris, Cercle d'art, 2005
Après le livre, Paris, Seuil, 2011
Autobiographie des objets, Paris, Seuil, 2012
Proust est une fiction, Paris, Seuil, 2013
Fragments du dedans, Paris, Grasset, 2014
Theatre plays
Quatre avec le mort, Paris, Verdier, 2002
Quoi faire de son chien mort, Besançon, Solitaires intempestifs, 2004
Dialogue avec ta mort, Tiers Livre éditeur, 2016
References
External links
Tierslivre, his personal web site (in French)
Le Tumulte
Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)
1953 births
Living people
People from Luçon
20th-century French novelists
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French novelists
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French children's writers
French male novelists
English–French translators
21st-century French male writers