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About Michel Butor

Birth

1926

Death

2016

First book

1954

Years writing

72

Biography

Michel Butor was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator.

Michel Butor was a multifaceted figure who excelled as a novelist, poet, essayist, and art critic.

His most renowned work, A Change of Heart, is a fundamental pillar of 20th-century French literature.

Throughout his prolific career, Butor published an impressive catalog of 569 works.

Beyond writing, he dedicated much of his life to university teaching and literary theory.

Born in Mons-en-Barœul, his intellectual legacy spans from philosophy to the creation of librettos.