François Vallejo

François Vallejo (1960, Le Mans) is a French professor of literature and a writer.

Passionate about Claudel, then by Louis-Ferdinand Céline, François Vallejo studied letters. He became a professor of classical literature at Le Havre and began writing novels at the end of the 1990s.

In 2001, his novel Madame Angeloso was part of the second selection of the Prix Goncourt and was also selected for the Femina and the Renaudot.

Work

All his books are published by éditions Viviane Hamy:

1998: Vacarme dans la salle de bal

2000: Pirouettes dans les ténèbres

2001: Madame Angeloso – prix "roman" de France-Télévisions 2001

2003: Groom – prix des libraires and prix Culture et Bibliothèques pour tous 2004

2005: Le Voyage des grands hommes

2006: Ouest – prix du Livre Inter 2007

2007: Dérive

2008: L’Incendie du Chiado

2010: Les Sœurs Brelan

2012: Métamorphoses

2014: Fleur et Sang

2016: Un dangereux plaisir