Yann Apperry
French writer
Yann Apperry (born 1972) is a French novelist, librettist, screenwriter, and translator. He is a recipient of the Prix Médicis, the Prix Goncourt des lycéens and the Writer's Fellowship of the Fondation Hachette. A former resident of the French Academy at Rome, he was also a resident of Villa Kujoyama and Randell Cottage in Wellington, New Zealand.[1] He is one of the founders of Groupe Ouest[2] and Abalone Productions.[3] He has been performing since 2006 with Claude Barthélemy in the musical duo Bruit Blanc.
Publications
Novels
- 1997: Qui Vive, Éditions de Minuit
- 1999: Paradoxe du ciel nocturne, Éditions Grasset
- 2000: Diabolus in Musica, Grasset
- 2003: Farrago, Grasset
- 2008: Terre sans maître, Grasset
Theatre
- 2003: Les Hommes sans aveu, Actes Sud
Youth literature
- 2009: L'Île aux histoires, with Tanja Siren, L'École des loisirs [fr]
Theater and musical performances
- 2002: Mercure apocryphe, directed by Valérie Crunchant
- 2002: Je dirai ceci d'obscur, Petit Odéon, Théâtre de l'Odéon
- 2003: Les Hommes sans aveu, Théâtre du Gymnase (Marseille), Théâtre National de Chaillot
- 2009: Terra Vagans, Théâtre du Gymnase
- 2010: Calvino Reloaded, Festival des Correspondances de Manosque, La Dynamo
- 2012: Mineurs, with pupils of collège Maurice de Vlaminck in Brezolles
Radio
- 2002: Les Sentimentales funérailles, France Culture, music by Massimo Nunzi
- 2008: Bruit Blanc, France Culture, with Claude Barthélémy
- 2012: La Foire aux chansons, France Culture, music by Régis Huby
- 2012: Calvinologie, France Culture, music by Massimo Nunzi.[4]
Scripts
- 2007: 24 mesures, by Jalil Lespert
- 2013: YSL, by Jalil Lespert, contribution to the script
Discography
- 1999:Vuoti a perdere, bande originale du film, music by Massimo Nunzi
- 2010: All Around, Abalone-Oenso, music by Régis Huby
- 2011: Lieder, 3=Tomato, record by Claude Barthélémy
Translations
- 2002 : IX variations sur un thème de Balthus, Horacio Amigorena, Absteme & Bobance
- 2007: Tessons roses, Ornela Vorpsi, Actes Sud
- 2014: Alex's Baby, Anne de Pasquale, Marabout
Prizes
- 1997: Prix Bretagne for Qui vive
- 1997: Boursier de la Fondation Hachette
- 2000: Prix Médicis for Diabolus in musica
- 2002: Grand Prix international de la fiction radiophonique Paul Gilson for Les Sentimentales funérailles
- 2003: Prix Goncourt des lycéens for Farrago
References
External links
- Yann Apperry on Babelio
- Yann Apperry : Farrago on INA.fr (19 January 2004)
- Farrago on L'Express (1 November 2003)
- Yann Apperry on France Culture
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Laureates of the Prix Médicis
- 1958: Claude Ollier
- 1959: Claude Mauriac
- 1960: Henri Thomas
- 1961: Philippe Sollers
- 1962: Colette Audry
- 1963: Gérard Jarlot
- 1964: Monique Wittig
- 1965: René-Victor Pilhes
- 1966: Marie-Claire Blais
- 1967: Claude Simon
- 1968: Elie Wiesel
- 1969: Hélène Cixous
- 1970: Camille Bourniquel
- 1971: Pascal Lainé
- 1972: Maurice Clavel
- 1973: Tony Duvert
- 1974: Dominique Fernandez
- 1975: Jacques Almira
- 1976: Marc Cholodenko
- 1977: Michel Butel
- 1978: Georges Perec
- 1979: Claude Durand
- 1980: Jean Lahougue (declined award)
- 1980: Jean-Luc Benoziglio
- 1981: François-Olivier Rousseau
- 1982: Jean-François Josselin
- 1983: Jean Echenoz
- 1984: Bernard-Henri Lévy
- 1985: Michel Braudeau
- 1986: Pierre Combescot
- 1987: Pierre Mertens
- 1988: Christiane Rochefort
- 1989: Serge Doubrovsky
- 1990: Jean-Noël Pancrazi
- 1991: Yves Simon
- 1992: Michel Rio
- 1993: Emmanuèle Bernheim
- 1994: Yves Berger
- 1995: Vassilis Alexakis and Andreï Makine
- 1996: Jacqueline Harpman and Jean Rolin
- 1997: Philippe Le Guillou
- 1998: Homéric
- 1999: Christian Oster
- 2000: Yann Apperry
- 2001: Benoît Duteurtre
- 2002: Anne F. Garréta
- 2003: Hubert Mingarelli
- 2004: Marie Nimier
- 2005: Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- 2006: Sorj Chalandon
- 2007: Jean Hatzfeld
- 2008: Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès
- 2009: Dany Laferrière
- 2010: Maylis de Kerangal
- 2011: Mathieu Lindon
- 2012: Emmanuelle Pireyre
- 2013: Marie Darrieussecq
- 2014: Antoine Volodine
- 2016: Ivan Jablonka
- 2017: Yannick Haenel
- 2018: Pierre Guyotat
- 2019: Luc Lang
- 2020: Chloé Delaume
- 2021: Christine Angot
- 2022: Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam