Pierre Péju
Illustration — Pierre Péju at the 2011 Mouans-Sartoux Literature Festival Pierre Péju (born 1946) is a French philosopher, novelist and essayist. He has published a number of works in different literary genres, the best-known of which are two prize-winning novels Le rire de l’ogre and La petite Chartreuse. Both titles are studied in French schools and lycees, and both have been translated into English, the former by Euan Cameron and the latter (The Girl from the Chartreuse) by Ina Rilke.
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Pierre Péju appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer and lecturer (born 1946).
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The birth of Pierre Péju is recorded in 1946 in Lyon.
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- 1.Archives municipales de Lyon, arrondissement, tables décennales des naissances 1943-1952, cote 2E2854
- 2.Georges Péju. Le Monde. 6 juin 2006.
- 3.Pierre Péju. Les Echos. 2003-11-05.
- 4.Raymond Péju est décédé. livreshebdo.fr.
- 5.Coeur de pierre. Le Monde.fr. 2009-02-21. 2022-10-30.
- 6.Portrait d'isère Pierre Péju. ici, par France Bleu et France 3.
- 7.Du conte traditionnel au recit litteraire ; le role du romantisme allemand. theses.fr.
- 8.Biographie. Hoffmann ou la part du rêve. Le Monde.fr. 2018-06-28. 2022-10-30.
- 9.Pierre Péju. Rêver qu'ils disparaissent. Libération. 17 mai 2018.
- 10.Péju, au bout du conte. Le Monde.fr. 2005-12-22. 2022-10-30.
- 11.La Diagonale du vide de Pierre Péju. Le Monde.fr. 2009-10-08. 2022-10-30.
- 12.Vendée Globe : cinq livres pour mieux vivre l'édition 2016-2017. LEFIGARO. 2016-11-01.
- 13.Randonnée itinérante sur les crêtes de la mémoire. Le Monde.fr. 2017-03-02. 2022-10-30.
- 14.Manhattan transfert. liberation.fr. 11 octobre 2019.
- 15.Vous m'en direz des nouvelles - Des nouvelles de Pierre Péju. RFI. 2022-06-15.
- 16.Devenir écrivain en huit séances. Le Monde.fr. 2017-03-17. 2022-10-30.
- 17.Véronique Amans. Surgères : Pierre Péju de retour à la rencontre des lecteurs. Sud Ouest. 03/10/2022. libre.
- 18.Lauréats du Prix Rosine Perrier, sur Prix-littéraires.net
- 19.Nomination dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres - hiver 2019. Ministère de la Culture.
- 20.Nouveau nom pour la passerelle du Collège. www.lyon.fr. 2026-03-19.
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