Michel Butel (19 September 1940 – 26 July 2018) was a French journalist and novelist.[1] He won the Prix Médicis for L'Autre amour in 1977.[2] He was the founding editor of L'Autre Journal, a political and literary magazine, from 1984 to 1993.[1][3] He was also the founding editor of L'Impossible from 2011 to 2013.[1]
Michel Butel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 September 1940 Tarbes, France |
| Died | 26 July 2018 (aged 77) |
| Occupations | Journalist, novelist |
Biography
editMichel Butel was born in Tarbes in 1940 to a lawyer mother and a father who went on to found the Social security in France. He left school at the age of 14.
Like his youthful friend Yves Janin, he failed as a teenager at the psycho-pedagogical institute in Saint-Maximin (Oise),[4] then founded a protest and poetic journal, “La Cascade”.[5]
References
edit- 1 2 3 Lindon, Mathieu (27 July 2018). "Michel Butel : un autre journalisme était possible". Libération. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ Courtois, Maïa (27 July 2018). "Décès de l'écrivain Michel Butel, Prix Médicis en 1977". Livres Hebdo. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ Gorin, François (27 July 2018). "Mort de Michel Butel, le poète qui aimait les journaux". Télérama. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ↑ Maïa BOUTEILLET. ""Insoumis de la guerre d'Algérie"".
- ↑ "Réfractaires à la guerre d’Algérie (1954‑1962). Insoumissions, désertions, refus d’obéissance" par Tramor Quemeneur, dans la revue Témoigner en 2022 .
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