Michel Schneider


Michel Schneider was a French writer, musicologist, énarque, senior official, and psychoanalyst. He was the father of journalist and writer Vanessa Schneider and of François Schneider, a history teacher. He was also the maternal uncle of actress Maria Schneider.

Career

A former student of the École nationale d'administration, he began his career at the Department of Forecasting of the French Ministry of Economy and Finance in 1971. He was appointed adviser to the Court of Audit in 1981. He was at the head of the in the Ministry of Culture from 1988 to 1991. Michel Schneider died in Villejuif on 21 July 2022 at the age of 78.

Académie française

He obtained ten votes in the election at the Académie Française on 7 February 2008 where he applied to the succession of Bertrand Poirot-Delpech.

Opinions

Lesbians and assisted reproductive technology

In the magazine LGBT , these words have been described as "homophobic, transphobic and misogynistic" as well as "psychoanalytic-reactionary considerations" by Maëlle Le Corre.

Psychoanalysis

  • 1980: Blessures de mémoire, Paris, Éditions Gallimard, coll. "Connaissance de l'inconscient".
  • 1985: Voleurs de mots : essai sur le plagiat, la psychanalyse et la pensée, Paris, Gallimard, series "Connaissance de l'inconscient",.
  • 2010: Lacan, les années fauve, Paris, PUF, series "Fil Rouge".

Narratives

  • 1990: Bleu passé, Gallimard

Novels

  • 1991: Je crains de lui parler la nuit, Gallimard
  • 2011: Comme une ombre, Grasset

On music

  • 2001: Prima donna,
  • 2011:

Biographical essays

  • 1988: Glenn Gould, piano solo : aria et trente variations, Gallimard, series "L'un et l'autre".
  • 1989: La Tombée du jour : Schuman, Le Seuil, series "La librairie du XX".
  • 1991: Un rêve de pierre : le Radeau de la méduse : Géricault, Gallimard
  • 1999: Maman, Paris, Gallimard, series "L'un et l'autre"
  • 2003: Morts imaginaires, Gallimard. Prix Médicis essai 2003
  • 2005: Schumann : Les voix intérieures, Paris, Gallimard, coll. "Découvertes Gallimard",.
  • 2006: Marilyn, dernières séances, Grasset,. Prix Interallié 2006.
  • 2014: L'Auteur, l'autre : Proust et son double, Gallimard

Political and sociological reflections

Prizes