Bruno Bayen

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Bruno Bayen
Born13 November 1950
École Normale Supérieure
Occupation(s)Novelist, playwright
ParentMaurice Bayen

Bruno Bayen (13 November 1950 – 6 December 2016) was a French novelist, playwright and theatre director.

Early life

Bruno Bayen was born on 13 November 1950 in Paris.[1][2][3] His father worked as the rector of the University of Strasbourg.[2] With his four siblings, he grew up in Clermont-Ferrand and Strasbourg.[1][4]

Bayen graduated from the

École Normale Supérieure.[1][2][3]

Career

Bayen founded La Fabrique, a theatre company, and directed several plays for five years.[5] In 1972, he directed his first play, Le Pied by Victor Hugo.[1] Two years later, in 1975, he was appointed as co-director of the Grenier de Toulouse, a theatre in Toulouse, alongside Maurice Sarrazin.[3][5] However, he stepped down in 1978.[1] Over the course of his career, he went on to direct 30 plays, some of his own as well as plays by German playwrights Frank Wedekind, Georg Büchner, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.[4]

Bayen was the author of more than a dozen books, including novels, plays and essays. He was also a German-to-French translator. For example, he translated the works of

Slobodan Milosevic's funeral.[4][6]

Bayen was also the author of two libretti: Schliemann, composed by Betsy Jolas, in 1995;[7] and Jusqu’à l’extinction des consignes lumineuses, composed by Arrigo Barnabé, in 2005.[8]

Death

Bayen died on 6 December 2016.[2][5]

Works

Novels

  • Bayen, Bruno (1987). Jean 3 Locke. Paris: Gallimard.
    OCLC 17181583
    .
  • Bayen, Bruno (1990). Restent les voyages. Paris: Seuil.
    OCLC 21561059
    .
  • Bayen, Bruno (1991). Éloge de l'aller simple. Paris: Seuil.
    OCLC 23648937
    .
  • Bayen, Bruno (1998). Les Excédés. Paris: Mercure de France.
    OCLC 40321531
    .
  • Bayen, Bruno (2000). La Forêt de six mois d'hiver. Paris: Mercure de France.
    OCLC 45125704
    .
  • Bayen, Bruno (2003). La Vie sentimentale. Paris: Mercure de France.
    OCLC 53091469
    .
  • Bayen, Bruno (2011). Fugue et rendez-vous. Paris: C. Bourgois.
    OCLC 697265106
    .

Plays

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Kéchichian, Patrick; Salino, Brigitte (December 9, 2016). "Bruno Bayen, écrivain et metteur en scène, est mort". Le Monde. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Roussel, Frédérique (December 6, 2016). "BRUNO BAYEN, FUGUE SANS RETOUR". Libération. Archived from the original on December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Delporte, Cecilia (December 7, 2012). "Décès du romancier et metteur en scène Bruno Bayen". Les Echos. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Le dramaturge et romancier Bruno Bayen est décédé à 66 ans". France Info. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Heliot, Armelle (December 7, 2016). "Mort de Bruno Bayen: le théâtre pour la vie". Le Figaro. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  6. ^ Salino, Brigitte (June 17, 2006). "Bruno Bayen, victime collatérale de l'"affaire Handke"". Le Monde. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  7. doi:10.3917/nre.012.0173 – via Cairn.info
    .
  8. ^ "Ópera retrata vida e obra de Santos Dumont". Jornal da USP. Vol. XXI, no. 734. University of São Paulo. August 8, 2005. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
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