Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Jean-Philippe Toussaint (born 29 November, 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian prose writer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel "Fuir". His most recent book is "La mélancolie de Zidane" (Paris: Minuit, 2006), a lyrical essay on the headbutt administered by the French football player Zinedine Zidane to the Italian player Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final in Berlin. An English translation was published in 2007 in the British journal "New Formations".

Bibliograpy

Novels

*"Fuir" (Paris: Minuit, 2005)
*"Faire l'amour" (Paris: Minuit,2002)
*"Autoportrait" (à l'étranger) (Paris: Minuit,2000)
*"La Télévision" (Paris: Minuit,1997)
*"La Réticence" (Paris: Minuit,1991)
*"L'Appareil-photo" (Paris: Minuit,1989)
*"Monsieur" (Paris: Minuit,1986)
*"La Salle de bain" (Paris: Minuit,1985)

Films

*"La Patinoire" (1999), Director / Screenwriter. Starring Tom Novembre, Mireille Perrier, Dolorès Chaplin, Bruce Campbell, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Pierre Cassel
*"La Sévillane" (1992), starring Mireille Perrier, Jean-Claude Adelin, Jean Yanne,
*"Monsieur" (1989), Director / Screenwriter. Starring Dominic Gould, Wojtek Pzoniak,

ources

*http://www.bon-a-tirer.com/auteurs/toussaint.html
*http://www.voir.ca/livres/livres.aspx?iIDArticle=38844

Links

* [http://www.jean-philippe-toussaint.de/ Mirko Schmidt's Toussaint web site in German, English and French]
* [http://www.berlol.net/foire/fle98to.htm Interview with Toussaint in French]
* [http://auteurs.contemporain.info/jean-philippe-toussaint/ Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)]
* [http://www.lwbooks.co.uk/journals/newformations/archive/newformations62.html English translation of "La mélancolie de Zidane"]