Valère Staraselski – Wikipedia

Valère Staraselski is a French writer and essayist, born the January 18, 1957 in Créteil, Île-de-France.

Valère Staraselski is starting to work very young and continues various jobs, including aid-monitoring-electrician, server, hospital agent in geriatrics at the Rambouillet hospital, documentalist in the communications department of the French Communist Party in Paris, master of boarding school at the Lycée du Lycée Gué in Tresmes in Seine-et-Marne, parliamentary attaché in the Senate of Guy Schmaus, senator of Hauts-de-Seine, secretary of the Senate, lecturer in letters at the University of Paris VIII etc, while obtaining a license ‘History and a doctorate of letters in 1996 under the direction of Jean Levaillant, at the University of Paris VIII ^{[ first ]} . He was editor-in-chief of the newspaper of the works committee of the electric and gas industries (EDF-GDF), director of culture of the same organization, then director, to the group Humanity, of the journal “Work in the future “…

A first novel, In the madness of very fair anger , published in 1990, then a collection of news, The hammam , in 1993, inaugurated an art of portrait and conciseness, Literary Magazine . Valère Staraselski will then publish a biography of Louis Aragon, Aragon, the deliberate link in 1995 ^{[ 2 ]} , reissued in a revised and corrected version in 2005, then two tests Aragon, the unclassifiable And Aragon, the invention against utopia, in 1997.

Valère Staraselski then publishes A useless man ^{[ 3 ]} , Mr. MP ^{[ 4 ]} , A French story ^{[ 5 ]} And The revenge of Michelangelo (news)…

From her first novel, Simone Gallimard appeared her writing to that of Jean-Paul Sartre and Louis Aragon ^{[ 6 ]} , while in The Literary Magazine of May 1991 , Philippe Lacoche evokes Roger Vailland. In 2008, he published Winter night ^{[ 7 ]} . Valère Staraselski publishes several novels in which history, politics, social, intellectual and artistic reality hold a large place: A useless man ^{[ 3 ]} , Mr. MP ^{[ 4 ]} , A French story ^{[ 5 ]} , The master of the garden, in the footsteps of the fountain ^{[ 8 ]} , Farewell to kings ^{[ 9 ]} . The author has done a remarkable job to allow the reader to cultivate himself. With this cycle known as the novels of France, but more broadly, his work is part of a conception of the novel, of fiction, as a means of knowledge. ^{[Personal interpretation?]}

The parliament of storks ^{[ ten ]} won the 2018 Licra Prize ^{[ 11 ]} .

If his writings turn his back on any social corporatism, there is however no forgotten reality in his literary approach. And especially in his historical novels which aim to go beyond the tombs of prejudices on both sides. ^{[Personal interpretation?]}

Emerge from a vitality specific to the left-handed, his works participate in an inextinguishable desire for knowledge, discovery, understanding. His social belonging to the classes from below doubled a desire for independence, as Alfreid Eibel writes “allows to build a work that owes nothing to anyone”. Whatever the subject, his texts are written in a distant style, relating to a “shell writing” to the Georges Perec. ^{[Ref. necessary]}

Valère Staraselski signs several essays, documentaries, including The feast of humanity, 80 years of solidarity ^{[ twelfth ]} , which brings together written testimonies and photographs retracing the history of Feast of humanity, a century of humanity, 1904-2004, With Roland Leroy, A century of working life With Denis Cohen or Co-Dirige with Guillaume Roubaud-Quashie One hundred years of French Communist Party. Regularly, he publishes chronicles, articles on political, theoretical and social issues, especially in the field of culture.

In 1998, Valère Staraselski wrote and co -signed with Didier Daeninckx In the name of the law ^{[ 13 ]} , Essay on gayssot law.

In 2002, he accepted the proposal for Christian testimony And leaves in Assisi, in Italy, to follow “the prayer assembly for peace” convened by Jean-Paul II a few months after the attacks of September 11, 2001. He published A century of humanity , written with Roland Leroy, in 2004 and A century of working life , written with Denis Cohen in 2010. In 2020, he initiated and codirige with Guillaume Roubaud-Quashie One hundred years of French Communist Party .

Valère Staraselski is a member of the scientific council of the Gabriel-Péri Foundation, of the Honorary Committee of the Society of Friends of Elsa Triolet and Aragon.

A choice of his chronicles is brought together in You have to know how to disobey (2000), Keep one’s soul (2003) and Faced with new masters (2012) ^{[ 14 ]} .

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• In the madness of very fair anger , Messidor editions, 1990 (ISBN  2-209-06380-9 ) reissued editions L’Harmattan, coll. “Scriptures”, 1996 (ISBN  2-7384-4209-9 ) .
• A useless man , editions of Aube, coll. “Wedding”, 1998 (ISBN  2-84384-021-X ) reissued editions de la Pass du Vent, 2003 (ISBN  2-84562-041-1 ) then editions du Cherche Midi, 2011, (ISBN  978-2-7491-2089-8 ) .
• Mr. MP , Éditions du Cherche Midi, 2002, (ISBN  2-7491-0003-8 ) .
• A French story: Paris, January 1789 , at editions du Cherche Midi, 2006, (ISBN  978-2-7491-0811-7 ) , reissued in pocket format editions of Borée, coll. “Pocket land”, 2015 (ISBN  978-2-8129-1480-5 ) .
• Winter night , Editions du Cherche Midi, 2008 (ISBN  978-2-7491-1294-7 ) Reissued in pocket format editions of Borée, coll. “Pocket land”, 2011 (ISBN  978-2-8129-0469-1 ) .
• The master of the garden, in the footsteps of the fountain , Éditions du Cherche Midi, 2011 (ISBN  978-2-7491-1938-0 ) .
• Farewell to kings: Paris, January 1794 , Editions du Cherche Midi, 2013 (ISBN  978-2-7491-3291-4 ) .
• On Innsbruck roofs , Éditions du Cherche Midi, 2015 (ISBN  978-2-7491-4245-6 ) .
• The parliament of storks , Editions du Cherche Midi, 2017 (ISBN  978-2-7491-5575-3 ) Licra Literary Prize 2018.

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• The hammam , Editions Scanéditions, coll. “French letters”, 1993 (ISBN  2-209-06802-9 ) .
• The revenge of Michelangelo , editions de la Pass du Vent, 1999 (ISBN  2-84562-003-9 ) .
• Living intensely rest: News from the last century , editions de la Pass du Vent, 2007 (ISBN  978-2-84562-121-3 ) .
• The revenge of Michelangelo followed by Live intensely rests , editions de la Pass du Vent, 2019 (ISBN  978-2-84562-259-3 ) .

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Essays and chronicles [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Aragon, the deliberate link: facts and texts , Paris/Budapest/Torino, L’Harmattan editions, 1995 , 348 p. (ISBN  2-7475-8634-0 ) .
• Aragon, the unclassifiable: literary essay: read Aragon from Killing and of Roman theater , Paris/Montreal, L’Harmattan editions, coll. “Literary spaces”, 1997 , 367 p. (ISBN  2-7384-5195-0 ) .
• Aragon, the invention against utopia: Manchester conference; followed by interviews , Paris/Montaire, Bérénice editions, 1997 , 93 p. (ISBN  2-911232-06-2 ) .
• Valère Staraselski and Didier Daeninckx, In the name of the law , Grigny/Paris, Publishing editions of Aube, coll. “Cetacean”, 1998 , 63 p. (ISBN  2-84384-014-7-7 ) .
• You have to know how to disobey: articles, interviews and interventions 1990-1999 , Paris/Montreal (Quebec), L’Harmattan editions, 2000 , 205 p. (ISBN  2-7384-8907-9 ) .
• Keep your soul: chronicles , Paris, Bérénice editions, coll. “We», 2003 , 186 p. (ISBN  2-911232-48-8 ) .
• Valère Staraselski and Roland Leroy, A century of Humanity : 1904-2004 , editions of the seeking-midi, 2004 (ISBN  978-2-7491-0223-8 ) .
• Assisi trip , Paris, Bérénice editions, coll.  « Alix », 2005 , 29 p. (ISBN  2-911232-59-3 ) .
• Valère Staraselski and Denis Cohen, A century of Working life : 1909-2009 , Paris, Éditions du Cherche-Midi, 2009 , 175 p. (ISBN  978-2-7491-1003-5 ) .
• Humanity Festival: 80 years of solidarity , Paris, Éditions du Cherche-Midi, 2010 , 192 p. (ISBN  978-2-7491-1768-3 ) .
• Faced with new masters , Paris, L’Harmattan editions, 2012 , 237 p. (ISBN  978-2-296-99291-7 ) .
• The feast of humanity: like an air of freedom , Paris, Éditions du Cherche-Midi, 2015 , 216 p. (ISBN  978-2-7491-4851-9 )
• Valère Staraselski and Guillaume Roubaud-Quashie, One hundred years of French Communist Party , Éditions du Cherche-Midi, 2020.

Bibliography [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Vincent Ferrier, Valère Staraselski: Portrait of a writer , Paris, Éditions de l’Ours Blanc, coll.  « Portraits », 2016 , 175 p. (ISBN  978-2-914362-56-6 ) .

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