{{Short description|French author and poet (1951–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> | name = Christian Bobin | image = Christian Bobin-Nancy 2011 (1).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Bobin in 2011 | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|1951|4|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|11|24|1951|4|24|df=y}} | death_place = Chalon-sur-Saône, France | occupation = Essayist<br>Poet | language = French | period = 1977–2022 | genre = Essay, poetry, vignette, Christian works | subject = | movement = | notableworks = Essay: ''The Very Lowly'' (1992, tr. 1997) | signature = | website = }}
'''Christian Bobin''' (24 April 1951 – 24 November 2022)<ref>[https://actualitte.com/article/108903/auteurs/mort-de-christian-bobin-ermite-du-creusot-a-l-age-de-71-ans Mort de Christian Bobin, “ermite du Creusot”, à l'âge de 71 ans] Actualitté {{in lang|fr}}</ref> was a French author and poet.
Bobin received the 1993 Prix des Deux Magots for the book ''Le Très-Bas'' (translated into English in 1997 by Michael Kohn and published under two titles: ''The Secret of Francis of Assisi: A Meditation'' and ''The Very Lowly'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lesdeuxmagots.fr/laureats.php|title=Le Prix des Deux Magots|publisher=Les Deux Magots|language=French|accessdate=14 January 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112230733/http://www.lesdeuxmagots.fr/laureats.php|archivedate=12 January 2011}}</ref>
==Works== *Letter Purple (Ed Brandes, 1977) *Fire Room (Ed Brandes, 1978) *The kiss of black marble (Ed Brandes, 1984) *Sovereignty Vacuum (Ed.Fata Morgana, 1985) *Man of the disaster (Ed Fata Morgana, 1986) *Lady, king, jack (Ed Brandes, 1987) *Golden letters (Ed Fata Morgana, 1987) *The eighth day of the week (Ed Letters Vives, 1988) *Preface Air loneliness of Gustave Roud Fata Morgana 1988 *The simple magic (Ed Letters Vives, 1989) *The missing part (Ed. Gallimard, 1989) *Praise of nothing (Ed Fata Morgana, 1990) *The peddler (Ed Fata Morgana, 1990) *The busy life (Ed Fata Morgana, 1990) *The woman next (Ed. Gallimard, 1990) *The other face (Ed Letters Vives, 1991) *The wonder and the dark (Ed. Paroles d'Aube, 1991) - Interviews with Christian Bobin *A small party dress (Ed. Gallimard, 1991) *The Very Lowly (Ed. Gallimard, 1992) -- Prix des Deux Magots 1993 Grand Prix of Catholic Literature 1993 *A useless book (Ed Fata Morgana, 1992) *Isabelle Bruges (Ed. Weather, 1992) *Heart of Snow (Ed. Theodore Balmoral, 1993) *The Expulsion of the world (Ed Letters Vives, 1993) *The Unexpected (Ed. Gallimard, 1994) * The Exhaustion (Ed. Weather, 1994) *A few days with them (Ed. Weather, 1994) *The Walking Man (Ed. Weather, 1995) *La Folle Allure (Ed. Gallimard, 1995) *Good for nothing, as his mother (Ed Letters Vives, 1995) *The More than alive (Ed. Gallimard, 1996) *Clemence Frog (Ed. Weather, 1996) *A conference of Helen Cassicadou (Ed. Weather, 1996) *Gael First, King of the abyss and Mornelongue (Ed. Weather, 1996) *The day Franklin ate the sun (Ed. Weather, 1996) *Give me something that would not die (Ed. Gallimard, 1996) - Black and White's Edward Boubat accompanied by texts by Christian Bobin *Self-Portrait with radiator (Ed. Gallimard, 1997) *Jay (Ed. Gallimard, 1998) *The Equilibrist (Ed. Weather, 1998) *The mere presence (Ed. Weather, 1999) *Self-Portrait with radiator (Ed. Gallimard, 2000) *Everyone is busy (Ed. Mercure de France, 1999) *Resurrecting (Ed. Gallimard, 2001) *The Light of the World (Ed. Gallimard, 2001) *The Enchantment and other simple texts (Ed. Gallimard, 2001) *Words for a farewell (Ed. Albin Michel, 2001) *Christ the poppies (Ed Letters Vives, 2002) *Mozart and the rain monitoring A disorder of red petals (Ed Letters Vives, 2002) *Louise Love (Ed. Gallimard, 2004) *Prisoner in the cradle (Ed. Mercure de France, 2005) *A library of clouds (Ed Letters Vives, 2006) *The White Lady (Ed. Gallimard, 2007) *The ruins of the sky (Ed. Gallimard, 2009)
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