At 26, the French author is a literary sensation for his bruisingly honest accounts of society’s inequalities. By Pauline Bock There is no satisfactory noun in English to convey the French transfuge ...

Even when money is tight, Jacky feels ambivalent about his wife Brigitte working; not being the family’s sole breadwinner is one of many emasculations he has a hard time stomaching. The Bellegueles ...

In a book crowded with tormentors, it’s the casual brutality of Jacky, the boy’s father, that leaves the strongest impression. Eddy describes his father’s words, his relentless bullying and public ...

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Edouard Louis’ bestseller about his rape and near-murder has been adapted into a shocking and compelling play, which confronts issues around violence, racism, and sexuality. Senior Editor and Writer ...

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter The polemical French writer ...

In a way, as a gay boy, I was born a performer,” the celebrated young French writer Édouard Louis tells me late last week when I meet up with him after a performance of his one-man show Who Killed My ...

I’m a culture reporter for The New York Times, where I investigate the art world’s relationship to money, politics and technology. Here are five things I’m obsessed with. By Zachary Small “Change,” ...

This latest autofictional instalment explores an escape from a deprived community in rural France to a new life in the city It has been said that the French wunderkind Édouard Louis suffers for his ...