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michka assayas in 2014 france french 02 november 1958 english and french michka -lrb- 13967449171 -rrb- -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg assayas - festival livres et musique à deauville michka assayas
 michka assayas author and music journalist ecole normale superieure de fontenay-saint-cloud
michka assayas

michka assayas -lrb- november 2 , 1958 in paris -rrb- is a french author and music journalist .
in france , he is known for his rock reviews and the `` dictionnaire du rock '' published in 2000 .
for his novel `` exhibition '' , which also appeared in a german translation , he received the prix découverte figaro magazine fouquet 's in 2002 and the prix des deux magots in 2003 .
the novel is a tribute to the rock and punk of the 1970s and 1980s .
additionally , assayas wrote `` bono on bono : conversations with michka assayas '' in 2005 .
it is an intimate look at grammy award winning paul david hewson , better known as bono , main vocalist of the irish rock band u2 .
