Mathieu Lindon (born 9 August 1955) is a French journalist and writer. He is the youngest son of the publisher Jérôme Lindon[1] (who discovered Marguerite Duras and died in 2001), and the first cousin of actor Vincent Lindon. He won the Médicis Prize in 2011.
Mathieu Lindon | |
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 Lindon at the Radio France book fair in 2011 | |
| Born | 9 August 1955 |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Writer |
| Parent | Jérôme Lindon |
| Relatives | Vincent Lindon (cousin) |
Biography
editBorn in Caen, he spent his youth in a wealthy secularized family of Jewish origins with family connections with the Citroën family. His father was a well-known publisher (Éditions de Minuit), highly esteemed by left-wing and New Wave intellectuals. Mathieu Lindon was a close friend of Michel Foucault with whom he lived and spent most of his time between 1978 and 1984, without being his lover. He was also a friend of writer Hervé Guibert with whom he won a scholarship at Villa Medicis in Rome between 1987 and 1989.[2] Hervé Guibert recorded it in L'Incognito, published in 1989.
From the 1980s, Mathieu Lindon has been a journalist at Libération, a left-wing daily. He wrote a pamphlet against Jean-Marie Le Pen in 1998.[3] He is openly gay, and his work often deals with gay themes.
Bibliography
edit- 1983 : Nos plaisirs, under the name Pierre-Sébastien Heudaux, Éditions de Minuit.
- 1986 : Le Livre de Jim Courage, POL
- 1987 : Prince et Léonardours, POL
- 1987 : L'Homme qui vomit, POL
- 1993 : Je t'aime. Récits critiques, Minuit.
- 1994 : Champion du monde, POL
- 1994 : Le Cœur de To, POL
- 1996 : Merci, POL
- 1998 : Les Apeurés, POL
- 1998 : Le Procès de Jean-Marie Le Pen, POL
- 2000 : Chez qui habitons-nous ?, POL
- 2001 : La Littérature, POL
- 2002 : Lâcheté d'Air France, POL
- 2004 : Ma catastrophe adorée, POL
- 2004 : Je vous écris, POL
- 2006 : Ceux qui tiennent debout, POL
- 2009 : En enfance, POL
- 2011 : Ce qu'aimer veut dire, POL, Prix Médicis 2011.
- 2013 : Une vie pornographique, POL, Prix du zorba 2013.
- 2021 : Hervelino, POL
Notes
edit- ^ Jérôme Garcin, paper in Le Nouvel Obs about Lindon's biography January 11, 2011
- ^ Pensionnaires de la Villa Médicis 1988
- ^ The Guardian, Furious French writers challenge Le Pen to take them to court, 17 November 1999
See also
edit- Mathieu Lindon on P.O.L's official site
- David Caron, University of Michigan, Sex and Drugs and Literature, about Ce qu'aimer veut dire