Hélène Frappat Explained

Hélène Frappat (2 September 1969 in Paris) is a French writer, translator and critic of cinema.

Biography

A former student of the École Normale Supérieure (class 1989),^[1] she holds an agrégation of philosophy and a ph.d in letters. She is the author of numerous translations, including The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt, Études sur la personnalité autoritaire by Theodor W. Adorno, Amitié by Samson Raphaelson). On France Culture, she produced the monthly cinema magazine "Rien à voir", from 2004 to 2009, as well as numerous documentaries.

She is the author of nine novels published by Éditions Allia and Actes Sud. She has been translating the novels of Ann Patchett as well as Laura Lippman’s since 2019.

In 2016, she participated in the Assises Internationales du Roman in Lyon.^[2]

Her last novel, Trois femmes disparaissent, is based upon the lives of Tippi Hedren, her daughter Melanie Griffith and her granddaughter Dakota Johnson. The novel has met critical acclaim^[3] and is currently being adapted by the IRCAM.

Bibliography

Novels

• 2004: Sous réserve, Paris, Éditions Allia, 124 p. .^[4]
• 2007: L'Agent de liaison, Paris, Éditions Allia, 142 p. .^[5]
• 2009: Par effraction, Paris, Éditions Allia, 128 p.

– Prix Wepler-Fondation La Poste – Mention Spéciale, 2009.^[6]

• 2011: Inverno, Arles, France, Éditions Actes Sud, series "Un endroit où aller", 140 p. .^[7] then Actes Sud, series "Babel", 2016 Lady Hunt, Arles, France, Éditions Actes Sud, series "Domaine français", 2013, 320 p., then Actes Sud, series "Babel", 2016 .

– Sélection Prix Mauvais genres 2013.^[8]

– Sélection Franz-Hessel-Preis 2014.

• 2014: N'oublie pas de respirer, Arles, France, Éditions Actes Sud, series "Essence", 64 p.

– Sélection Franz-Hessel-Preis 2015.

– Sélection Prix des lycéens et apprentis de l'Ile de France

• 2019: Le Dernier Fleuve, Actes Sud
• 2021: Le Mont Fuji n’existe pas, Actes Sud
• 2023: Trois femmes disparaissent, Actes Sud

Essays

• 2000: La Violence, Paris, Flammarion, series "Corpus", 251 p.
• 2001: Jacques Rivette, secret compris, Paris, Cahiers du cinéma, 255 p. .^{[9] [10]}
• 2008: Roberto Rossellini, Paris, Cahiers du cinéma, 94 p.
• Trois films fantômes de Jacques Rivette, Paris, Cahiers du cinéma, 2002, 110 p. .

External links

• Hélène Frappat on France Inter
• Hélène Frappat on France Culture
• Hélène Frappat on Actes Sud
• Hélène Frappat on Babelio
• Hélène Frappat on MEL
• Hélène Frappat articles on Les Inrockuptibles
• Conférence d'Hélène Frappat Autour de Jacques Rivette on YouTube
• Hélène Frappat: C'est une femme qui monte dans un train... on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: L'Annuaire | a-Ulm.
2. Web site: fr. Les jeunes romanciers philosophes. 2016. 15 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611053016/http://www.villagillet.net/portail/air/details/article/phenomene-de-generation-les-jeunes-romanciers-philosophes/. 11 June 2016. dead.
3. Web site: Trois femmes disparaissent Actes Sud . 2023-02-19 . www.actes-sud.fr.
4. Web site: Kant dans un jeu de piste. Baptiste Liger (Lire), 1 September 2004. September 2004. 15 January 2017.
5. Book: L'Agent de liaison. Roman – Hélène Frappat. Erwan Desplanques, Télérama n° 3013 – 13 October 2007. 15 January 2017.
6. Web site: Prix Wepler-Fondation La Poste – Mention Spéciale. 15 January 2017. 5 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111205050221/http://www.prix-litteraires.net/prix/144,prix-wepler-fondation-la-poste-mention-speciale.html. dead.
7. Book: Inverno. Hélène Frappat. Christine Ferniot, Télérama n° 3215 – 27 August 2011. 27 August 2011. 15 January 2017.
8. http://www.franceculture.fr/blog-au-fil-des-ondes-2013-10-19-alexandre-mathis-et-dominique-kalifa-laureats-du-2eme-prix-du-livre Lauréats 2013, site de France Culture.
9. Web site: Jacques Rivette, secret compris. 15 January 2017.
10. Web site: Dans le secret de Jacques Rivette . Jean-François Pluijgers. 17 May 2001 . 15 January 2017.