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 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 (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)