Jean-Philippe Toussaint

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Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Toussaint, 2013
Born	(1957-11-29) 29 November 1957 Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Occupation	filmmaker, prose writer

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. The 2006 book La mélancolie de Zidane (Paris: Minuit, 2006) is 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. His 2009 novel La Vérité sur Marie won the prestigious Prix Décembre.

Bibliography

Works

French publications

Nue (Paris: Minuit, 2013)
L'Urgence et la Patience (Paris: Minuit, 2012)
La Vérité sur Marie (2009; Prix Décembre)
Fuir (Paris: Minuit, 2005; Prix Médicis)
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)

English publications

Making Love (New York: New Press,2004)
Television (Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2007)
Monsieur (Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
Camera (Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
Bathroom (Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
Running Away (Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, 2009)
Self-Portrait Abroad (Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, forthcoming 2010)
The Truth About Marie (Champaign: Dalkey Archive Press, forthcoming 2010)

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.

Exhibitions

In 2012, Toussaint curated an exhibition called Livre/Louvre at the Musée du Louvre in Paris. In addition to photographs, the show featured an excerpt from the original manuscript of En attendant Godot by Samuel Beckett and a copy of the eighth edition of Dante's Divina Commedia.

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External links

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1976–1980	The Son of Amir Is Dead – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1976) In the Name of the Führer – Lydia Chagoll (1977) Woman Between Wolf and Dog – André Delvaux (1979) My Name Is Anna Magnani – Chris Vermorcken (1980)

1981–2000	Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven – Jean-Jacques Andrien (1981) Le Lit – Marion Hänsel (1982) Brussels by Night – Marc Didden (1983) Permeke – Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck (1985) The van Paemel Family – Paul Cammermans (1986) Wedding in Galilee – Michel Khleifi (1987) The Abyss – André Delvaux (1988) Wait Until Spring, Bandini – Dominique Deruddere (1989) Monsieur – Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1990) Toto the Hero – Jaco Van Dormael (1991) Man Bites Dog – Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde (1992) Just Friends – Marc-Henri Wajnberg (1993) La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950-1978 – Jan Bucquoy (1994) Manneken Pis – Frank Van Passel (1995) La Promesse – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1996) Gabriel's Dream – Anne Lévy-Morelle (1997) Rosie – Patrice Toye (1998) Rosetta – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (1999) Lijmen/Het Been – Robbe De Hert (2000)

2001–present	No Man's Land – Danis Tanović (2001) The Son – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2002) On the Run / An Amazing Couple / After Life – Lucas Belvaux (2003) Gilles' Wife – Frédéric Fonteyne (2004) The Child – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (2005) The Only One – Geoffrey Enthoven (2006) Private Property – Joachim Lafosse (2007) Eldorado – Bouli Lanners (2008) Unspoken – Fien Troch (2009) Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael (2010) Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam (2011) Our Children – Joachim Lafosse (2012) Kid – Fien Troch (2013)

Persondata
Name	Toussaint, Jean-Phillipe
Alternative names
Short description	Belgian writer
Date of birth	29 November 1957
Place of birth	Brussels, Belgium
Date of death
Place of death

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