Renaud Camus
A native of Chamalières in the Auvergne region of central France, Renaud Camus (b. 1946) is one of France's most brilliant stylists and the author of more than 150 books. Tricks, until recently the only work by Camus to be translated into English, appeared in 1979 and was prefaced by his mentor, Roland Barthes, one of twentieth-century France's greatest literary critics. In addition to his political writings, an anthology of which, entitled Enemy of the Disaster, was published by Vauban Books...See more
A native of Chamalières in the Auvergne region of central France, Renaud Camus (b. 1946) is one of France's most brilliant stylists and the author of more than 150 books. Tricks, until recently the only work by Camus to be translated into English, appeared in 1979 and was prefaced by his mentor, Roland Barthes, one of twentieth-century France's greatest literary critics. In addition to his political writings, an anthology of which, entitled Enemy of the Disaster, was published by Vauban Books in 2023, Camus is known for works of fiction, philosophy, travel writing, art criticism, and the extensive diary he has kept and published for over forty years. He lives in the Chateau de Plieux in the village of Plieux in southwestern France and is the president of a small political party, the Party of In-nocence, which advocates immigration and education reform and the promotion of civic peace. See less