Virginie Despentes
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 Despentes in March 2012 | |
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13 June 1969 Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle |
| Occupation | Novelist, filmmaker |
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Virginie Despentes (French: [depɑ̃t]; born 13 June 1969) is a French writer, novelist, and filmmaker.
Life and career
Despentes settled in Lyon,[1] where she worked as a maid, a prostitute in "massage parlors" and peep shows, a sales clerk in a record store, and a freelance rock journalist and pornographic film critic.[2]
She moved to Paris. In 2000, she directed her first film, Baise-moi, an adaptation of her own novel. It starred Coralie Trinh Thi, Karen Lancaume, and Raffaëla Anderson. Baise-moi is a contemporary example of a rape and revenge film, an exploitation films genre.[3]
Her novel Les Jolies choses was adapted for the screen in 2001 by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, with Marion Cotillard and Stomy Bugsy in the lead roles. The film was awarded the Michel d'Ornano prize at the 2001 Deauville American Film Festival.
From 2004 to 2005, she wrote a blog that documented her daily life.
In 2005, she wrote three songs for the album Va chercher la police for the group A.S. Dragon.
In 2006, she published a non-fiction work, King Kong Theory. It recounts her experiences in the French sex industry and infamy and praise she experienced for writing Baise-Moi.
In 2009 she directed her first documentary, Mutantes (Féminisme Porno Punk), which was broadcast on TV Pink.
In 2010, her novel Apocalypse bébé was awarded the Renaudot prize.
Bye Bye Blondie was adapted for film with Béatrice Dalle and Emmanuelle Béart.[4] Cecilia Backes and Salima Boutebal produced a stage adaptation of King Kong Theory during the "Outside" Festival d'Avignon.[5]
In 2011, her commentary on Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared in The Guardian.[6]
Awards
Despentes won the 1998 Prix de Flore, and 1999 Prix Saint-Valentin for Les Jolies Choses; 2010 Prix Renaudot for Apocalypse Bébé.
Bibliography
Novels
- Baise-moi. 1993; Grasset, 1999, ISBN 978-2-246-58711-8
- Baise-Moi (Rape Me). Translator Bruce Benderson. Grove Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-8021-3870-5.
- Les Chiennes savantes. Éditions J'ai lu, 1997
- Les Jolies choses. J'ai lu, 2008, ISBN 978-2-290-35012-6
- 1999 - Mordre au travers.
- Teen spirit. 2002, J'ai lu, 2004, ISBN 978-2-290-32987-0
- 2002 - Trois étoiles.
- Bye bye Blondie: roman, Grasset, 2004, ISBN 978-2-246-64891-8
- King Kong théorie, Grasset, 2006
- King Kong Theorie, Berlin Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8270-0755-1
- King Kong Theory. London: Serpents Tail. 2009. ISBN 978-1-84668-642-9.; Translator Stéphanie Benson, Feminist Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1-55861-657-8
- 2010 - Apocalypse Bébé.
- King Kong Theory - translated into English (Feminist Press 2010)
- Apocalypse Baby - translated into English (Feminist Press 2015)
Stories
- 1997 : « C'est dehors, c'est la nuit », recueil collectif Dix, Grasset / Les Inrockuptibles.
- 1999 : Mordre au travers, recueil de nouvelles, Librio.
- 2004 : « Toujours aussi pute », Revue Bordel, n°2, Flammarion.
- 2004 : « Putain, je déteste le foot... », biography of Lemmy Kilmister of the group Motörhead, Rock & Folk, n°444.
- 2004 : une nouvelle dans le recueil Des nouvelles du Prix de Flore, Flammarion.
- 2009 : « I put a spell on you », Psychologies magazine, Hors série « Les Secrets de l'érotisme ».
References
- ↑ "Despentes abrupte! - L'EXPRESS". Lexpress.fr. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ Marianne Costa. "Despentes : anarcho-féministe". Le Magazine.Info. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2011). Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4961-3.
- ↑ Reportage: Julien RENSONNET; Montage: Gérard ROBAYE. "Manon des sources est devenue lesbienne: Emmanuelle Béa...". lavenir.net. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ "" King Kong théorie ", de Virginie Despentes (critique de Fabrice Chêne), Off du Festival d'Avignon 2010, La Manufacture à Avignon" (in French). Les Trois Coups. 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2013-11-12.
- ↑ "Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the game only one side plays". The Guardian. 23 May 2011.
External links
- Serpent's Tail author page
- Virginie Despentes at the Internet Movie Database
- Review of King Kong Theory
- Review of Apocalypse Baby
- LRB career overview and review of Apocalypse Baby
- "Virginie Despentes décape à vif" L'Express, Marianne Payot, 19 August 2010 (French)