François Bon


François Bon is a French writer and translator.
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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.

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 in 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.
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.
  • 1991 : laureate of the Bosch Fondation.
  • 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.

Romans et récits

Sortie d'usine, Paris, Minuit, 1982 Limite, Paris, Minuit, 1985Le Crime de Buzon, Paris, Minuit, 1986Décor ciment, Paris, Minuit, 1988Calvaire des chiens, Paris, Minuit, 1990L'Enterrement, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1991Temps machine, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1992Un fait divers, Paris, Minuit, 1994C'était toute une vie, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1995Parking, Paris, Minuit, 1996Voleurs de feu - Les vies singulières des poètes, illustrated by François Place, Paris, Hatier, 1996Prison, Lagrasse, Verdier, 1997Impatience, Paris, Minuit, 1998Tous 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, 2000Mécanique, Lagrasse, Verdier, 2001Daewoo, Paris, Fayard, 2004 Tumulte, Paris, Fayard, 2006L'Incendie du Hilton, Paris, Albin Michel, 2009

Children's and youth's literature

Dans la ville invisible, Paris, Gallimard Jeunesse, 199330, rue de la Poste, Paris, Seuil Jeunesse, 1996Autoroute, Paris, Seuil Jeunesse, 1998

Essays and biographies

La Folie Rabelais, Paris, Minuit, 1990François Place, illustrateur, Paris, Casterman, 1994 Dehors est la ville, essay about Edward Hopper, Paris, Flohic, 1998Pour Koltès, Besançon, Solitaires Intempestifs, 2000Rolling 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, 2008Billancourt, with photos from Antoine Stéphani, Paris, Cercle d'art, 2004Petit Palais, with photos from Antoine Stéphani, Paris, Cercle d'art, 2005Après le livre, Paris, Seuil, 2011Autobiographie des objets, Paris, Seuil, 2012Proust est une fiction, Paris, Seuil, 2013Fragments du dedans, Paris, Grasset, 2014

Theatre plays

Quatre avec le mort, Paris, Verdier, 2002Quoi faire de son chien mort, Besançon, Solitaires intempestifs, 2004Dialogue avec ta mort, Tiers Livre éditeur, 2016