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Arnaud Viviant, born in Tours on April 27, 1963, is a French journalist, literary critic, writer, and psychoanalyst.
Arnaud Viviant | |
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| Born | April 27, 1963 |
| Occupation | Writer |
He is the founder of the magazine Charles (fr).
Biography
editBackground and education
editArnaud Viviant passed the Certificat d'aptitude au professorat de l'enseignement du second degré and worked as a French teacher, notably at the Ferdinand-Buisson High School in Elbeuf.[1][2]
Journalism and literary criticism career
editArnaud Viviant began his career at the newspaper Libération, where he worked as a music critic specializing in rock, as well as a television and literary critic. He later joined the editorial staff of Best magazine, and then Les Inrockuptibles, a cultural magazine of which he was one of the founders.[3]
On the radio, Viviant has contributed to Radio Nova. He has been a regular presence on the literary panel of Le Masque et la Plume (fr) on France Inter for many years.[4] He also participated in the radio show Système Disque in the 2000s and held a literary segment titled "Un livre sous le bras" in 2011–2012 on the same station.[5]
Starting in 2003, he has been directing the "Chroniques" collection at the publishing house Léo Scheer.[6][full citation needed]
He is a member of the jury for two literary prizes, the Prix Décembre and the Prix de Flore.
In 2012, Viviant launched the quarterly politico-literary magazine Charles, modeled after the former American magazine George. In 2019, along with former Secretary of State and former MP Thomas Thevenoud and Henri J. Nijdam,[7] head of Le Nouvel Économiste, he bought Charles from its previous publisher, La Tengo, which had suspended its publication in 2018 due to low circulation.
Political engagements
editArnaud Viviant ran as a far-left candidate in the 2017 legislative elections in Paris's 18th constituency, where he received 0.54% of the vote on June 11.[8]
Psychoanalysis
editAs a psychoanalyst, he is a member of the Espace analytique, founded by Maud Mannoni.[9][full citation needed][10]
Works
edit- La Ville des grincements de dents, Calmann-Lévy, 1998
- Replay: articles 1990-2000, Purple Books, 2000
- Encore mort déjà vivant, with Gérard Marty, éditions Verticales, 2000
- Hambourg, collective, Eden Productions, 2000
- Ego surf: un journal de l'an 2000, Calmann-Lévy, 2001
- L’Entreprise, collective, La Découverte, 2003
- Le Génie du communisme, Gallimard, 2004
- Preface to Yume no Q-Saku by Suehiro Maruo, Le Lézard noir, 2005
- Gainsbourg vu par Arnaud Viviant, Hugo et Compagnie, 2008
- Complètement mytho! : chroniques de la vie moderne, Bourin Éditeur, 2009
- La Vie critique (novel), éditions Belfond, 2013
- Gainsbourg ou L'Art sans art, Bourin Éditeur, 2014
- Mamihlapintapai: études et critiques littéraires (essay), Bourin Éditeur, 2014
- Cantique de la critique (essay), La Fabrique, 2021
- Station Goncourt. 120 ans de prix littéraires, La Fabrique, 2023
References
edit- ^ "Arnaud Viviant, ou la vie d'un critique... bien vivant" [Arnaud Viviant, or the life of a critic... very much alive]. La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 25 September 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Des auteurs à lire en confinement : Alain Fournier, Anna Hope, Clovis Goux, Dany Laferrière, Rebecca Lighieri" [Authors to read in confinement: Alain Fournier, Anna Hope, Clovis Goux, Dany Laferrière, Rebecca Lighieri]. Radio France Internationale (in French). 12 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Jean-Daniel Beauvallet toujours " inrockuptible " !" [Jean-Daniel Beauvallet still “unrockuptible”!]. La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest (in French). 14 April 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Dupuis, Jérôme (9 September 2013). "Arnaud Viviant: la critique aux tripes" [Arnaud Viviant: gut-wrenching criticism]. L'Express (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ Arnaud Viviant. "Un livre sous le bras". Radio France Internationale (Podcast) (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Card Catalogue Entry: Notice de collection éditoriale". BNF.
- ^ "La revue Charles raconte la politique autrement" [Charles magazine tells politics differently]. Le Point (in French). 28 June 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Paris (75) - 18ème circonscription, Résultats de la circonscription au 2d tour" [Paris (75) - 18th constituency, Results of the constituency in the 2nd round]. Ministry of the Interior and International Relations (in French). June 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Arnaud Viviant, Station Goncourt. 120 ans de prix littéraires" [Arnaud Viviant, Station Goncourt. 120 years of literary prizes]. fabula (in French). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Que penser de la psychanalyse ? Comment se déroule-t-elle ?" [What to think about psychoanalysis? How does it work?]. Radio France Internationale (in French). 28 May 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.