François Bégaudeau

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François Bégaudeau (born 1971) is a French writer and journalist born in Luçon, Vendée.

He was first a member of the 1990s punk rock group Zabriskie Pont. After receiving his degree in Literature, he taught high school in Dreux and in an inner city middle school in Paris. He published his first novel, Jouer juste in 2003. In 2005, he published Dans la diagonale and Un démocrate, Mick Jagger 1960-1969, a fictionalized account of the life of Mick Jagger

In 2006, his third novel entitled Entre les murs earned him the Prix France Culture/Télérama.

François Bégaudeau is a movie critic for the French version of Playboy, having previously worked for the Cahiers du cinéma. He also was a regular contributor for several French reviews, including Inculte, Transfuge and So Foot. Since September 2006, he is the anchor for La Matinal on Canal+ television.

He worked on the screenplay of Entre les murs, a film based on his 2006 novel, in collaboration with Laurent Cantet. He also starred in the film^[1], which received the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

[edit] Works

Jouer juste, Éditions Verticales, 2003
Dans la diagonale, Éditions Verticales, 2005
Un démocrate : Mick Jagger 1960-1969, Naïve Records, 2005
Entre les murs, Éditions Verticales, 2006
Collaboration for Débuter dans l'enseignement : Témoignages d'enseignants, conseils d'experts, ESF, 2006
Collaboration for Devenirs du roman, Naïve Records, 2007
Collaboration fpr Une année en France : Réferendum/banlieues/CPE, Gallimard, 2007
Fin de l'histoire, Éditions Verticales, 2007