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 +====== Peeters, Benoît ======
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 +**Benoît Peeters** (born [[1956|August 28, 1956]] in [[en:dictionary:paris|Paris]], France) is a comics writer, novelist, and critic. After a degree in Philosophy at the Sorbonne (Paris I), he prepared his Master’s at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS‚ Paris) under the direction of Roland Barthes. He holds a « HDR-habilitation à diriger les recherches », i.e. a supplementary PhD enabling him to supervise the work of PhD candidates,(Université de Paris I, Sorbonne, [[2007]]).
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 +His family moved to Belgium in [[1958]], where he first met [[schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]] as a classmate in [[1968]], and with whom he produced the school newspaper [[Go]]. 
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 +**Benoît Peeters** published his first novel, Omnibus, by Les Editions de Minuit in [[1976]], followed by his second, La Bibliothèque de Villers, Robert Laffont, [[1980]]. Since then, he has published over sixty works on a wide variety of subjects.
 +His best-known work is [[en:dictionary:chronicles|Les Cités Obscures]], an imaginary world which mingles a [[en:dictionary:borges-jorge-luis|Borgesian]] metaphysical surrealism with the detailed architectural vistas of the series' artist, [[en:dictionary:schuiten-francois|François Schuiten]]. 
 +{{ :dictionary:ppeeters.jpg?nolink&|Image of Benoît Peeters}}
 +He has also worked with Frédéric Boilet on a series of comic albums, including Love Hotel ([[1993]]), Tokyo est mon jardin ([[1997]]), and Demi-tour ([[1997]]), and has collaborated on a series of photographic works with [[en:dictionary:plissart-marie-francoise|Marie-Françoise Plissart]].
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 +**Benoît Peeters** has written a number of books about the comics medium as well, including Le monde d'Hergé ([[1983]]), published in English as Tintin and the World of Hergé ([[1988]]), a biography of Hergé, "Hergé, son of Tintin", a study of comics pioneer Rodolphe Töpffer, and theoretical works such as Lire la bande dessinée ([[1998]])
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 +His interest in the Cinema has increased over the years. He is the author of three short films as well as several documentaries. He directed one feature film‚ "[[en:dictionary:dernier-plan-le|Le Dernier plan]]" (The Last Shot)‚ and long conversations with Alain Robbe-Grillet ((See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt_Peeters)).
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 +**Benoît Peeters** published in [[en:dictionary:2012|2012]] the first biography of [[en:dictionary:derrida-jacques|Jacques Derrida]] and a book about [[en:albums:valery.-tenter-de-vivre|Valéry]] in [[en:dictionary:2014|2014]].
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 +In [[en:dictionary:2015|2015]] **Benoît Peeters** was appointed at the Lancaster University as professor in Graphic Fiction and Comic Art, the first ever such appointment in the UK. He is asked frequently to do talks about the history of comics or [[en:dictionary:herge|Tintin]]. In [[en:dictionary:2022|2022]] he finished a book on Alain Robbe-Grillet. In [[en:dictionary:2022|2022]] Peeters was appointed as visiting professor at the 2022-2023 Chair of Artistic Creation at the Collège de France.
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 +===== Bibliography =====
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 +You can find the complete Bibliography at the [[en:albums:bibliography-benoit-peeters|bibliography page of Benoît Peeters]]. 
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 +===== Interviews =====
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 +You can view several [[en:dictionary:video-interviews-benoit-peeters|video interviews with Benoît Peeters]] or read several interviews and articles at the [[en:dossiers:interviews:start]] section.
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 +===== See also =====
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 +   * [[chamisso-albert|Albert Chamisso]], 
 +   * [[iancu-virgil|Virgil Iancu]], 
 +   * [[en:dictionary:plissart-marie-francoise|Marie-Françoise Plissart]] and 
 +   * [[Streets of Brussels]]
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 +===== External links =====
 +  * [[http://www.benoitpeeters.net/|Official homepage]]
 +  * [[http://www.facebook.com/benoit.peeters|Facebook page]]
 +  * [[http://twitter.com/BenoitPeeters|Twitter page]]
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