Christian Bobin
Bobin in 2011
Born	(1951-04-24)24 April 1951 Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire, France
Died	24 November 2022(2022-11-24) (aged 71) Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Occupation	Essayist Poet
Language	French
Period	1977–2022
Genre	Essay, poetry, vignette, Christian works
Notable works	Essay: The Very Lowly (1992, tr. 1997)

Christian Bobin (24 April 1951 – 24 November 2022) ^[1] 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). ^[2]

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)

References