Jean-Philippe Toussaint

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Jean-Philippe Toussaint (born 29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian prose writer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel Fuir. His most recent book is La mélancolie de Zidane (Paris: Minuit, 2006), a lyrical essay on the headbutt administered by the French football player Zinedine Zidane to the Italian player Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin. An English translation was published in 2007 in the British journal New Formations.

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[edit] Novels

  • Fuir (Paris: Minuit, 2005)
  • Faire l'amour (Paris: Minuit,2002)
  • Autoportrait (à l'étranger) (Paris: Minuit,2000)
  • La Télévision (Paris: Minuit,1997)
  • La Réticence (Paris: Minuit,1991)
  • L'Appareil-photo (Paris: Minuit,1989)
  • Monsieur (Paris: Minuit,1986)
  • La Salle de bain (Paris: Minuit,1985)

[edit] Films

  • La Patinoire (1999), Director / Screenwriter. Starring Tom Novembre, Mireille Perrier, Dolorès Chaplin, Bruce Campbell, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Pierre Cassel
  • La Sévillane (1992), starring Mireille Perrier, Jean-Claude Adelin, Jean Yanne,
  • Monsieur (1989), Director / Screenwriter. Starring Dominic Gould, Wojtek Pzoniak,

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