René de Ceccatty

René de Ceccatty (born 1 January 1952 in Tunis) is a French writer, translator and editor.

He has a deep knowledge of the works of Pier Paolo Pasolini, Violette Leduc, Alberto Moravia and of modern Italian and Japanese literature more generally.

[2]His novels "Aimer" ("To love" 1998), "Consolation provisoire" ("Provisional Consolation" 1996), "L'Éloignement ("Retention" 2000), "Fiction douce" ("Sweet fiction" 2002) and "Un fin" ("An Ending" 2004) together form a "quintet" devoted to the difficulties of loving, and can be seen as part of the modern Autofiction movement.

René de Ceccatty has also worked for the theatre, notably with the Argentine producer Alfredo Arias and with comedy actresses including Claudia Cardinale, Isabelle Adjani, Anouk Aimée, Marilú Marini, Aurore Clément and Adriana Asti.

Working with the Paris publishing house Hatier, he has created the so-called "Haute Enfance" ("High Childhood") series, later taken on by Éditions Gallimard.