Andrew Hussey

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Biography

Andrew Hussey is a cultural historian and biographer. He grew up in Liverpool, and studied at Manchester and Lyons universities. After teaching in Manchester, Dijon, Barcelona and Aberystwyth, he joined the University of London in Paris in 2006, where he is now Professor of French and Comparative Literature.

He is the author of two books about Georges Bataille: The Beast at Heaven's Gate: Georges Bataille and the Art of Transgression (2006); and The Inner Scar: The Mysticism of Georges Bataille (2000). His acclaimed biography of Guy Debord, The Game of War, was published in 2001, and named as an International Book of the Year by the Times Literary Supplement. Paris: The Secret History (2006) was shortlisted for the Prix Grandgousier (France) in 2008. He is currently writing a study of the English in Paris during the French Revolution, and a book entitled The French Intifada: The Long War Between France and its Arabs.

He writes for The Observer and The Guardian, and a monthly column on European Literature for the New Statesman. He was writer in residence in Morocco for the British Council in 2002, and is Literary Director of the Médi-Café Project in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

Andrew Hussey has recently become Contributing Editor for Granta magazine. He lives in Paris.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Biography, Non-fiction

Bibliography

The Hacienda Must Be Built: On the Legacy of Situationist Revolt   (editor with Gavin Bowd)   Aura, 1996

The Inner Scar: The Mysticism of Georges Bataille   Rodopi (Amsterdam), 2000

The Game of War: The Life and Death of Guy Debord   Cape, 2001

Writing Tangier   (editor with Khalid Amine and Barry Tharaud)   Abdelmaalik University/University of Wales, 2005

Paris: The Secret History   Viking, 2006

The Beast at Heaven's Gate: Georges Bataille and the Art of Transgression   Rodopi (Amsterdam), 2006

Voices of Tangier   (edited with Khalid Amine and Barry Tharaud)   Abdelmaallik University/University of Wales, 2006

Read about books by Andrew Hussey at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Andrew Hussey at Amazon.co.uk

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Prizes and awards

2008   Prix Grandgousier (France)   (shortlist)   Paris: The Secret History

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Further reading on this site

New authors on site December 2008
New authors on the Contemporary Writers website December 2008: Simonetta Wenkert Deborah Moggach Catherine Johnson Keith Gray Kevin Brooks Andrew Hussey more...   (06/01/2009)

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Viking c/o Penguin Group (UK) 80 Strand London  WC2R ORL England Tel: +44 (0) 20 7010 3000 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7010 6060 http://www.penguin.co.uk

Agent The Wylie Agency (UK) Ltd 17 Bedford Square London  WC1B 3JA England Tel: +44 (0)20 7908 5900 Fax: +44 (0)20 7908 5901 E-mail: mail@wylieagency.co.uk http://www.wylieagency.co.uk

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