Benoît Peeters
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Benoît Peeters | |
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Born | Paris, France | August 28, 1956
Nationality | French |
Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works | Les Cités obscures |
Awards | Inkpot Award (2014)[1] |
Benoît Peeters (French:
Biography
After a degree in Philosophy at
He published his first novel, Omnibus, by Les Éditions de Minuit in 1976, followed by his second, La Bibliothèque de Villers, Robert Laffont, 1980. Since then, he has published over sixty works on a wide variety of subjects.
His best-known work is Les Cités obscures, an imaginary world which mingles a Borgesian metaphysical surrealism with the detailed architectural vistas of the series' artist, François Schuiten. The series began with Les Murailles de Samaris (The Walls of Samaris) in 1983 and is still continuing.
He has also worked with Frédéric Boilet on a series of comic albums, including Love Hotel (1993), Tokyo est mon jardin (1997), and Demi-tour (1997), and has collaborated on a series of photographic works with Marie-Françoise Plissart.
He has written a number of books about the comics medium as well, including
His interest in the cinema has increased over the years. He is the author of three short films as well as several documentaries. He directed one feature film‚ Le Dernier plan (The Last Shot)‚ and long conversations with Alain Robbe-Grillet.
He published the first biography of Jacques Derrida. The book was translated into English by Polity Press in 2012.
In 2015 Peeters was appointed as the UK's first ever comics professor at the
Notes
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ "'Great snakes!' Tintin expert appointed UK's first comics professor". TheGuardian.com. 2015-11-26. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
- ^ "Lancaster University offers doctorate in comic books". Independent.co.uk. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2016-06-06.
External links
- A short biography (in French)
- Fan site