Aurélien Bellanger

French writer and actor (born 1980)

Aurélien Bellanger, (born 20 April 1980 in Laval, Mayenne), is a French writer and actor. He debuted in 2010 with a monograph about Michel Houellebecq and has since published novels on a regular basis. His second novel, L'Aménagement du territoire, received the 2014 Prix de Flore.^[1] Due to his occupation with technology and modern life, his novels have been compared to the works of Houellebecq and Honoré de Balzac. In La Croix, Sabine Audrerie notes^[2] "If we had to look for a link, we could retain the desire to be part of the Balzacie heritage." Less elogious, Jérôme Dupuis of L'Express described him as "a Houellebecq without humour, without sex, without aphorism, without melancholy".^[3]

Literary works

Houellebecq écrivain romantique (2010), éditions Léo Scheer, monograph
La Théorie de l'information (2012), éditions Gallimard, novel
L'Aménagement du territoire (2014), éditions Gallimard, novel
Le Grand Paris (2017), éditions Gallimard, novel
Le Continent de la douceur (2019), éditions Gallimard, novel
Téléréalité (2021), éditions Gallimard, novel
Le vingtième siècle (2023), éditions Gallimard, novel
Le musée de la jeunesse (2024), Stock
Les derniers jours du Parti socialiste (2024). Éditions du Seuil, novel

Filmography

Vilaine Fille, mauvais garçon (2011)
Agit pop (2011)
Age of Panic (La Bataille de Solférino) (2013)

References

^ Clermont, Thierry (13 November 2014). "Le prix de Flore pour Aurélien Bellanger". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2014.
^ Audrerie, Sabine (22 August 2012). "Des souris et des hommes" (in French).
^ Dupuis, Jérôme (23 August 2012). "Aurélien Bellanger, ennuyeux comme un annuaire électronique". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 15 November 2014. un Houellebecq sans humour, sans sexe, sans aphorisme, sans mélancolie