He first worked in the town hall of Nanterre as a special education teacher.

[2] In 2015, he moved to Lorient to live with his wife, where he first worked in a fish cannery and a slaughterhouse.

The English version of this book, On the Line: Notes from a factory, translated by Stephanie Smee, was published by Black Inc. in 2021.

[4] The book followed a flow of free verse poetry and has been considered a key example of factory composition, showing how "poetic language can spark collective awakening and resistance to dehumanizing conditions".

[5] He explained that "the plant [...] has set the pace: on a production line, everything is linked very quickly.