« Ici au moins, il est au chaud.
Ici au moins, il est payé, nourri, blanchi.
Ici au moins, il a du travail.
L’enfermement le fait souffrir certes, mais pense un peu à tous ceux qui souffrent vraiment.
Ceux qui n’ont plus rien.
Alors que toi, tu as une situation et un toit où dormir, ça n’est pas rien tu sais.
Et tu oses te plaindre. »
Born in 1980 in Siegen, Germany, Denis Michelis arrived in France at the age of six. After studying literature, English and journalism, he became an editor for cultural programmes on ARTE and then France 5. His speciality: interviews with... writers! In 2013, he decided to stop television to write and translate. His first novel La chance que tu as appeared on Stock in 2014. Le bon fils in 2016 in the Notabilia collection. He will be a finalist for the Prix Médicis and will be awarded the Prix des Lycéens en Île-de-France 2018. In terms of translations, Les Pleureuses by Katie Kitamura (Stock) was published in 2017 and Peur by Dirk Kurbjuweit (Delcourt) in 2018. During these years of conversion from journalism to writing, Denis Michelis also took two screenwriting courses. His latest book, État d’Ivresse, was published on January 3, 2019, again by Notabilia.
