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Michel Butor

Born

in Mons-en-Barœul, France

September 14, 1926

Died

August 24, 2016

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry

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Michel Marie François Butor was born in Mons-en-Barœul, a suburb of Lille. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, graduating in 1947. He has taught in Egypt, Manchester, Thessaloniki, the United States, and Geneva. He has won many literary awards for his work, including the Prix Apollo, the Prix Fénéon; and the Prix Renaudot.

Journalists and critics have associated his novels with the nouveau roman, but Butor himself long resisted that association. The main point of similarity is a very general one, not much beyond that; like exponents of the nouveau roman, he can be described as an experimental writer. His best-known novel, La Modification, for instance, is written entirely in the second person. In his 1967 La critique et l'invention, he fa ...more

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	La Modification 3.58 avg rating — 1,382 ratings — published 1957 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passing Time by Michel Butor, Jean Stewart (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1956 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mobile by Michel Butor, Richard Howard (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1962 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Degrees by Michel Butor, Richard Howard (Translator) 3.65 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1960 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	بحوث في الرواية الجديدة by Michel Butor, ميشال بوتور, فريد أنطونيوس (Translator) 3.54 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ape: A Caprice by Michel Butor, Dominic Di Bernardi (Translator) 3.46 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Passage de Milan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1954 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit of Mediterranean Places by Michel Butor, Lydia Davis (Translator) 3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1958 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boşluk by Michel Butor, Aslı Yüce (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1980 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Marco'nun Betimi by Michel Butor, Samih Rifat (Translator) 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1963 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every word written is a victory against Death. ”
― Michel Butor

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“Novel is a particular form of narrative./ And narrative is a phenomenon which extends considerably beyond the scope of literature; it is one of the essential constituents of our understanding of reality. From the time we begin to understand language until our death, we are perpetually surrounded by narratives, first of all in our family, then at school, then through our encounters with people and reading.
- The Novel as Research. (1968)”
― Michel Butor

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“La lectura, y sobre todo la lectura novelesca, es un tipo de sueño; un sueño que no realizamos dormidos sino en un estado particular que no corresponde enteramente a estar despierto.”
― Michel Butor

tags: lectura, literatura, sueño

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