- Guillaume Dustan
Guillaume Dustan (
November 29 ,1965 –October 3 ,2005 ), born William Baranès, was a French, openlygay citation |title=Plus fort que moi: roman |first=Guillaume |last=Dustan |publisher=P.O.L. |year=1998 |isbn=2867446341 ] writer and journalist.Biography
William Baranès was born in 1965 and used the
nom de plume Guillaume Dustan from 1995 onwards. His first novel, "Dans ma chambre", brought him fame.Owen Heathcote, 'DUSTAN, GUILLAUME', in "Encyclopedia of Erotic Literature", ed. Gaetan Brulotte and John Phillips, New York: Routledge, 2006, pp. 386-287] His work has been compared toRenaud Camus ,Herve Guibert , Celine's "Journey to the End of the Night ",O'Neill 's "Long Day's Journey into Night ", andBret Easton Ellis .He also edited "Le Rayon Gay", a collection of books, for
Balland .He was
short film producer. Some of his films include "Nous" and "Back".He was a proponent of
barebacking and at loggerheads withAct Up . [Michael J. Bosia, '"In Our Beds and Our Graves": Revealing the Politics of Pleasure and Pain in the Time of AIDS', in "Engaged Observer: Anthropology, Advocacy, And Activism", ed. Victoria Sanford and Asale Angel-ajani, Rutgers, 2006, page 121]Baranès died of an accidental drug overdose on
October 3 ,2005 .citation |title=Mort de l'écrivain gay Guillaume Dustan, adepte du sexe à risques |url=http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/france/2005/0,,3252911,00-mort-ecrivain-gay-guillaume-dustan-adepte-sexe-risques-.html |first=Renaud |last=Pila |date=October 11 ,2005 |accessdate=2008-09-24 |periodical=La Chaîne Info |language=French ]Bibliography
* "Dans ma chambre", (tr. "In My Room",
Serpent's Tail ), 1996
* "Je sors ce soir", 1997
* "Plus fort que moi", 1997
* "Nicolas Pages", 1999
* "Génie divin", 2001References
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