Christian Giudicelli

Christian Giudicelli (born 1942, in Nimes) is a French novelist, literary critic. His seventh novel, Station balnéaire, was awarded the 1986 Prix Renaudot.[1] Guidicelli is also one of the 8 members of the jury of the French literary award Prix Contrepoint.

Biography

He is a member of the jury Renaudot since 1993. He contributed to La Nouvelle Revue française, Combat, Cahiers des saisons, La Quinzaine littéraire, Figaro Magazine, Écrivain magazine, as well as literary programs on France Culture.

His writing is intimate, sensitive and melancholy; he draws the material for his novels and stories for much of his autobiographical experiences, his travels and friendships. He has lived in Paris since the early 60s.

Giudicelli is very close friend of Gabriel Matzneff that has been mentioned in the books Les Spectre Joyeux and Gabriel infiniment aimable.[2][3]

Bibliography
  • Le Jeune Homme à la licorne, Editions du Rocher 1966; reissue 1994
  • Une leçon particulière, Editions du Seuil 1968
  • Une poignée de sable, Editions du Seuil 1971
  • Mémoire d'un traducteur, Gallimard, 1974
  • Les Insulaires, Editions du Seuil, 1976; Collection Points-Roman, 1998
  • Une affaire de famille, Editions du Seuil, 1981; Collection Points-Roman 1984, Prix Valéry Larbaut
  • Le Point de fuite, 1984
  • Station balnéaire, Gallimard, 1986, Collection Folio 1988, Prix Renaudot
  • Double express, 1990
  • Quartier d'Italie, Editions du Rocher 1993, Collection Folio 1996
  • Jacques Noël, entretiens, 1993
  • Celui qui s'en va, Editions du Seuil, 1996
  • Fragments tunisiens, éditions du Rocher, 1998
  • Parloir, roman autobiographique, 2002
  • Karamel, théâtre, 2003
  • Après toi, 2004
  • Les Passants, 2007
  • Claude Verdier, peintre, 2007
  • Square de la Couronne, 2010

Theater
  • La Reine de la nuit, l'Avant-Scène, 1977
  • Le Chant du bouc, l'Avant-Scène, 1981
  • Première Jeunesse, Actes Sud-Papier, 1987
  • Les Lunatiques, 1993
  • Bon Baisers du Lavandou, Becasouille, 2000
  • Secret Défense de Jean-Paul Farré et Christian Giudicelli, directed by Anne-Marie Gros and Jean-Marie Lecoq, 2006

References
  1. http://prixrenaudot.free.fr/giudicelli.htm
  2. "Qui est Christian Giudicelli, écrivain, éditeur et compagnon de voyage de Matzneff ?". Lexpress.fr (in French). February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020.
  3. "Affaire Matzneff: Christian Giudicelli, ami de l'écrivain, dans le viseur des enquêteurs". Le Figaro (in French). February 14, 2020. Archived from the original on May 3, 2020.
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