Pascal Quignard (born April
23, 1948) is a French
writer born
in Verneuil-sur-Avre
, Eure
. In
2002 his novel
Les Ombres errantes won
the
Prix Goncourt.
Terrasse à
Rome (Terrasse in Rome), received the French Academy prize in
2000, and
Carus was awarded the "Prix des Critiques" in
1980.
One of Quignard's most famous works is the eighty-four "Little
Treatises", first published in 1991 by Maeght. His most popular
book is probably
Tous les
matins du monde (
All the Mornings in the World),
about 17th-century viola de gamba player
Marin Marais and his teacher,
Sainte-Colombe, which was adapted for the
screen in 1991, by director
Alain
Corneau. Quignard wrote the screenplay of the film, in
collaboration with Corneau.
Tous les matins du
monde, starring
Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Gérard Depardieu and son
Guillaume Depardieu, was a tremendous
success in France and sold 2 million tickets in the first year, and
was subsequently distributed in 31 countries. The soundtrack was
certified platinum (500,000 copies) and made musician Jordi Savall
an international star.
The film was released in 1992 in the US.
Quignard also translated works from the Latin (Albucius, Porcius
Latro), Chinese (Kong-souen Long), and Greek (Lycophron)
languages.
Five of his works available in English:
Albucius (The
Lapis Press),
The Salon in Württemberg (Grove Weidenfeld),
and
All the World's Mornings (Graywolf Press).
Sarx and
On Wooden Tablets: Apronenia Avitia
(
Burning Deck).
Bibliography
- L'être du
balbutiement, 1969
- Alexandra de
Lycophron, 1971
- La Parole de la
Délie, 1974
- Écho, 1975
- Sang, 1976
- Hiems, 1977
- Sarx, 1977
- Les
Mots de la terre, de la peur et du sol, 1978
- Inter aerias fagos,
1979
- Sur le défaut de
terre, 1979
- Le Secret du
domaine, 1980
- Le Vœu de
silence, 1985
- Une
Gêne technique à l'égard des fragments, 1986
- Le Lecteur, 1976
- Carus, 1979
- Les
Tablettes de buis d'Apronenia Avitia, 1984
- La leçon de
musique, 1987
- Petits traités,
1990
- Albucius, 1990
- Le Sexe et
l'Effroi, 1994
- Rhétorique
spéculative, 1995
- La Haine de la
musique, 1996
- La Frontière,
1998
- Le Lecteur, 1976
- Le Salon du
Wurtemberg, (Paris: Gallimard, 1986)
- Les Escaliers de
Chambord, 1989
- Tous les matins du
monde, (Paris: Gallimard, 1991)
- Vie secrète, 1998
- Le Nom sur le
bout de la langue, 1993
- L'Occupation
américaine, 1994
- Le sexe et
l'effroi, 1994
- Les septante, 1994
- L'amour conjugal,
1994
- Rhétorique
spéculative, 1996
- Vie secrète, 1998
- Terrasse à Rome,
2000
- Tondo, 2002
- Le Dernier Royaume
- Villa Amalia,
2006
External links
Further reading
- "A Passionate Lettré (Pascal Quignard)", by John Taylor, 'Paths
to Contemporary French Literature', volume 2, New Brunswick, New
Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2007, pp. 199-211.
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