Luc Lang

Luc Lang (born 1956 in Suresnes) is a French writer, born into a working-class family.

Biography

Lang attended literary preparatory classes: Upper Letters (Hypokhâgne) at the lycée Honoré-de-Balzac, then Upper First (khâgne) at the lycée Jules Ferry and showed a passion for work, theory, considered from a lyrical point of view.

He teaches aesthetics at the École nationale supérieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy.

In 1995, he was a resident of the Villa Kujoyama.

He received the Prix Jean-Freustié in 1988 and the Prix Charles Oulmont in 1989 for Voyage sur la ligne d'horizon, as well as the Prix Goncourt des lycéens in 1998 for Mille six cents ventres.

Works

1988: Voyage sur la ligne d’horizon, novel, Éditions Gallimard, ISBN 2070407683

Prix Jean-Freustié 1988., Prix Charles Oulmont 1989

1991: Liverpool marée haute, Gallimard, ISBN 207072400X

1995: Gerhard Richter, essay in collaboration with Jean-Philippe Antoine and Gertrud Koch. - Dis voir

1995: Furies, novel, Gallimard, ISBN 2070742733

1998: Mille six cents ventres, novel, Fayard, ISBN 2213601593

Prix Goncourt des lycéens 1998.

1999: Emmanuel Saulnier : principe transparent, essay in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Greff - Regard

2001: Les Indiens, novel, Stock, ISBN 2234053838

2002: Les Invisibles : 12 récits sur l'art contemporain, essay.- Regard, 2002

2003: 11 septembre Mon Amour, essay, Stock

2003: Notes pour une poétique du roman, essay, Amis d'inventaire-invention, series "Textes"

2006: La Fin des paysages, novel, Stock, ISBN 2070349225

2008: Cruels, 13, novel, Stock, ISBN 223406094X

2010: Esprit chien, novel, Stock, ISBN 2234059739

2011: Délit de fiction : la littérature, pourquoi ?, essay, Gallimard

2012: Mother, novel, Stock, ISBN 2234064651

2014: L’Autoroute, novel, Stock, ISBN 2234075246

2016: Au commencement du septième jour, novel, Stock, ISBN 2234081858

2019: La Tentation, novel, Stock