Christian Gailly

Christian Gailly (; 14 January 1943 – 4 October 2013) was a French writer.

Biography Born in Paris, Gailly first tried to make a career as a jazz saxophonist, then opened a psychoanalyst practice. He began to be published in the 1980s thanks to Jérôme Lindon.

His novel L'Incident was adapted to cinema by Alain Resnais under the title Les Herbes folles in 2009. Un soir au club, winner of the prix du Livre Inter in 2002, which sold 170,000 copies, was adapted by Jean Achache. Nuage rouge, published in 2000, was awarded the prix France Culture. His writings nevertheless maintain a connection with his love of music, especially jazz, in novels such as Be-Bop and Un soir au club. The influence of American culture, especially cinema, is very present in Les Évadés or Lily et Braine.

His writings often highlight very concrete details which gradually take on great importance, since, according to the author, his stories are sprinkled with "clues, elements, objects, details".

Works All the works of Christian Gailly are published at éditions de Minuit. 1987: 1989: 1991: 1992: 1993: 1995: 1996: 1997: 1998: 2000: , Prix France Culture, 2000 2001: , Prix du Livre Inter, 2002 2004: 2007: 2010: 2012:

About the author

The following book gives voice to four translators of Gailly's works: Collectif, avec Christian Doumet, Patrick Quillier, Jean-Yves Masson, Robert Davreu, Heinz Schwarzinger, Mike Sens, Claire Jatosti.