Patrick Besson

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Patrick Besson is a writer and Journaliste French, born on June 1st 1956 of a Russian father and a Croatian mother .

It publishes in 1974, at the 17 years age, its first novel, the Small evils of love . It obtains the Grand Prix of the novel of the French Academy in 1985 for Dara and the Prix Renaudot in 1995 for Braban .

First of all sympathizing Communist, he is literary chronicler with the newspaper Humanity . He will collaborate then in VSD , with the Figaro , the Figaro Magazine , the Point with Voici and Marianne . Accustomed sour literary criticisms and public polemics, Patrick Besson also collaborated in the newspaper the International Idiot , of Jean-Edern Hallier.

During the Guerres of Yugoslavia, Patrick Besson supported the Serbia, by publishing in particular the book Against the slanderers of Serbia , which was worth to him polemics with other intellectuals like Michel Polac, Romain Goupil and Didier Daeninckx. Attacked by this last, it devoted a to him Pamphlet in the shape of novel, heading Didier denounces (editions Gerard de Villiers).

It is since 2000 member of the jury of the Renaudot Price.

Quotations

did you forget the bases of the Marxisme at the point to be unaware of that the Immigration is a weapon of the owners to increase their profits, to decrease the wages and to break the working unit? (Patrick Besson denouncing Robert Hue like a “servant of NATO”, November 30th, 2000).

… Philippe de Villiers is against the adoption for the couples Homosexuels. Me I am for: that will make them the feet. There is to see the gay enough typing the bell with the terraces of the restaurants whereas we, the hétéros, one makes baby-sitting in front of the TV by eating noodles… (ticket of Patrick Besson in the weekly magazine the Point ).

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