Jean-Luc Benoziglio
Born
Jean-Luc Benoziglio

(1941-11-19)19 November 1941
Monthey, Valais, Switzerland
Died5 December 2013(2013-12-05) (aged 72)
Paris, France
Alma materUniversity of Lausanne (dropped out)
Occupation(s)Writer, publishing editor
Years active1972–2005

Jean-Luc Benoziglio (19 November 1941 – 5 December 2013) was a Swiss-French writer and publishing editor.[1]

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

  1. ↑ "Jean-Luc Benoziglio". rts.ch. April 20, 1981.
  2. 1 2 SwissCommunity. "Jean-Luc Benoziglio | A native of the canton of Valais with an Italo-Turkish background". www.swisscommunity.org. Retrieved 2024-01-01.
  3. 1 2 "Melancholiker der Moderne | NZZ". February 15, 2002 – via NZZ.
  4. ↑ "L'auteur valaisan Jean-Luc Benoziglio est mort". www.lacote.ch.
  5. ↑ "Jean-Luc Benoziglio (1941-2013), écrivain suisse de langue française". Le Monde.fr. December 8, 2013 – via Le Monde.
  6. ↑ "Verlag die brotsuppe - Jean-Luc Benoziglio". web.archive.org. 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2024-01-01.


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