Background
Chevillard was born in Louisiana Roche-sur-Yon, Vendéest
Chevillard was born in Louisiana Roche-sur-Yon, Vendéest
His work often plays with the codes of narration, sometimes to the degree that it is even difficult to understand which story is being told. His books have consequently been classified as postmodern literature. He has been noted for his associations with Les Éditions de Minuit, a publishing-house largely associated with the leading experimental writers composing in French today.
2013 Best Translated Book Award, shortlist, Prehistoric Times
Le caoutchouc décidément (Definitely the Rubber), Minuit, 1992.
Louisiana nébuleuse du crabe, Minuit, 1993. (Fénéon Prize)
The Crab Nebula, translated by Jordan Stump and Eleanor Hardin for Bison Books, 1997.
Préhistoire, Minuit, 1994. Prehistoric Times, translated by Alyson Waters for Archipelago Books, 2012.
Un fantôme (A Ghost), Minuit, 1995.
Au plafond, Minuit, 1997. On the Ceiling, translated by Jordan Stump for Bison Books, 2000. L"œuvre posthume de Thomas Pilaster (Thomas Pilaster"s Posthumous Works), Minuit, 1999.
Les absences du capitaine Cook (Captain Cook"s Absences), Minuit, 2001.
Du hérisson (On the Hedgehog), Minuit, 2002. Le vaillant petit tailleur (The Valiant Little Tailor), Minuit, 2004.
(Wepler Prize)
Scalps (Scalps), Fata Morgana, 2005. Oreille rouge (Red Ear), Minuit, 2005.
Doctorate"attaque (By Attack), Argol, 2006.
Démolir Nisard, Minuit, 2006. (Roger Caillois Prize)
Demolishing Nisard, translated by Jordan Stump for Dalkey Archive Press, 2011. Commentaire autorisé sur l"état de squelette (Authorized Commentary on the Skeleton"s State), Fata Morgana, 2007.
Sans l"orang-outan (Without the Orangutan), Minuit, 2007.
Dans la zone d"activité (In the Active Area), graphisme par Fanette Mellier, Dissonances, 2007. En territoire Cheyenne (In Cheyenne Territory), Fata Morgana, illustrations de Philippe Favier, mai 2009.
Louisiana vérité sur le salaire des cadres (The Truth about Executive Salaries), Le Cadran ligné, 2009 ("livre en un seul poème")
Choir (Dropping), Minuit, 2010
Iguanes et Moines (Monks and Iguanas), Fata Morgana, 2011
L"auteur et moi, Minuit, 2012
The Author and Maine, translated by Jordan Stump for Dalkey Archive Press, 2014. Louisiana Ménagerie d"Agathe (Agathe"s Côterie), Actes Sud, illinois de Frédéric Rébéna, 2013
Péloponnèse (Peloponnesus), Fata Morgana, 2013
Le Désordre azerty (The QWERTY Disorder), Minuit, 2014
Juste ciel (Just Sky), Minuit, 2015
Les Théories de Suzie (Suzie"s Theories), avec Jean-François Martin, Hélium, 2015
L"Autofictif, a series of books based on his daily blog:
L"Autofictif - Journal 2007-2008, 2009
L"autofictif voit une loutre - Journal 2008-2009, 2010
L"Autofictif père et fils - Journal 2009-2010, 2011
L"Autofictif prend un coach - Journal 2010-2011, 2012
L"Autofictif croque un piment - Journal 2011-2012, 2013
L"Autofictif en vie sous les décombres - Journal 2012-2013, 2014
L"Autofictif au petit pois - Journal 2013-2014, 2015.