Jean-Luc Benoziglio (19 November 1941 – 5 December 2013) was a Swiss-French writer and publishing editor.[1]
Jean-Luc Benoziglio | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jean-Luc Benoziglio 19 November 1941 |
| Died | 5 December 2013 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | University of Lausanne (dropped out) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, publishing editor |
| Years active | 1972–2005 |
He was born in Monthey, Valais, on 19 November 1941. His father, Nissim Beno, was a Jewish psychiatrist who had emigrated from Turkey; his mother was an Italian and a strict Catholic. The Holocaust was a recurrent concern of his writing.[2]
Benoziglio studied law at the University of Lausanne but dropped out before completing his degree, and moved to Paris where he remained for most of his life. His first avant-garde novels, produced 1972–8, were popular only within a small circle. His sixth novel, Cabinet-portrait, published in 1980, had a more mainstream style and received more widespread attention, as well as being awarded the Prix Médicis.[2][3][4] In 2010, he was awarded the Grand Prix C. F. Ramuz, honouring his lifetime of work.
His work is characterised by black humor and the influence of the Nouveau roman and Oulipo.[3]
Jean-Luc Benoziglio died on 5 December 2013, aged 72, in Paris, France, where he had lived since 1967.[5][6]
Bibliography
- 1972 – Quelqu'un bis est mort
- 1973 – Le Midship
- 1974 – La Boîte noire
- 1976 – Béno s'en va-t-en guerre
- 1978 – L'Écrivain fantôme
- 1980 – Cabinet-portrait (Prix Médicis 1980)
- 1986 – Le Jour où naquit Kary Karinaky
- 1989 – Tableaux d'une ex
- 1991 – La Pyramide ronde
- 1993 – Peinture avec pistolet
- 1998 – Le Feu au lac
- 1999 – Peinture avec pistolet
- 2001 – La Pyramide ronde
- 2004 – La Voix des mauvais jours et des chagrins rentrés
- 2005 – Louis Capet, suite et fin
References
External links
- Publications by and about Jean-Luc Benoziglio in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library