François Bott

François Bott (born 26 June 1935) is a French author who after a long career as a journalist and literary critic became a writer of novels, one of which, Une minute d’absence (2001), won the Académie française's Prix de la Nouvelle. He continued as a literary critic, writing essays focused on other writers, especially Roger Vailland.

Biography

After a bachelor's degree in philosophy, Bott began as a journalist at France-Soir. He then directed the literary pages of L'Express and founded Le Magazine Littéraire in 1967. The following year he joined the newspaper Le Monde,[1][2] where he directed Le Monde des livres from 1983 to 1991,[3] replacing Jacqueline Piatier.[1][2] In 1995, he decided to leave journalism to devote himself to writing books.[4]

Bott has authored some thirty books, including novels and literary essays, such as La Demoiselle des Lumières and Sur la planète des sentiments, works on writers and exceptional women.[2][5] His Vel'd'Hiv' retells the story of the Vélodrome d'hiver, from a cycling track to a place of repression and torture during World War II.[6] Bott was awarded the Académie française's Prix de la Nouvelle in 2001 for Une minute d’absence.[7]

His most recent novel, Nos années éperdues (2015), was praised in the magazine Causeur for its portrayal of life in France in the 1950s, and particularly for the rendering of the correspondence between the two main characters.[8]

A member of the jury of the Roger Vailland prize,[4] Bott has regularly participated in events on the work of the writer, including a lecture on Roger Vailland et 325.000 francs,[9] public reading of Drôle de jeu, at La Table ronde publishing house entitled l'esprit de conquête (Vailland's work: Cortès, le conquérant de l'Eldorado).[9] In particular, he published a reference book on Vailland: Les Saisons de Roger Vailland.[10]

He is a regular contributor to the literary magazine Service littéraire.[11]

Main works

Novels and essays

The books by Bott are held by the French National Library:[12]

Works written in collaboration

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 "Les trépas 2001" (in French). histoires-litteraires.fr. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "François Bott" (in French). la cause littéraire. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "«Le Monde» à livres ouverts". Le Monde (in French). 18 December 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. 1 2 "François Bott: Écrivain et journaliste français". evene.lefigaro.fr. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "François Bott, chroniqueur de la République des lettres par Marianne Payot" (in French). lexpress.fr. 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "16-17 juillet 1942: «Vel'd'Hiv»". L'Obs (in French). 16 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "François Bott" (in French). Academie francaise. 2001. Archived from the original on 1 January 1970. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Morales, Thomas (24 January 2016). "Salut les copains! Une jeunesse française racontée par François Bott". Causeur (in French). Archived from the original on 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Les rendez-vous de septembre à décembre 2007". roger-vailland.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Auteurs: Francois Bott". laprocure.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "François Bott". servicelitteraire.fr. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Notices bibliographiques". French National Library. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  13. ↑ Michel Frontere (1 February 2010). Denis Tillinac et la beauté des Vietnamiennes à bicyclette. Editions Publibook. p. 63. ISBN 978-2-7483-5183-5. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "Article Bott secret (La Traversée des jours) par Jérôme Garcin], dans le Nouvel Obs" (in French). bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. 12 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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