Célia Houdart

Writer

Former student at Ecole Normale Supérieure-Ulm.

Les merveilles du monde (2007) Le Patron (2009), Carrare (2011), Gil (2015) novels, published by P.O.L

Georges Aperghis. Avis de tempête (2007), an essay published by Intervalles editions.

She writes for

• Theater : Diva live, performed by S. Paquier, Vrac, Geneva (1997), Les arbres sous-marins, directed by. P. Mifsud, Bâtie theater festival, Geneva (1999).
• Opera : Fréquences (libretto) music by C. Berset, stage direction by F. Huggler, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, (2005).
• A tale for children : À demi endormi déjà commissionned by Valenciennes theater Le Phénix (music by Artzoyd and S. Roux).
• Dance : Lagache smallaword choreographed by A.Pulcini (Les Laboratoires of Aubervilliers, la Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris), Effroi and La Finale choreographed by S. Prunenec (Centre National pour la Danse, Forum Culturel of Blanc Mesnil, Ircam-Georges Pompidou Center, festival NovaDança Brasilia, Tanzquartier, Wien). Enjoy the Silence with Michaël Phelippeau (Festival Concordan(s)e, Quartz-Brest, Centre National pour la Danse)

Since 2008, she forms a duet with Sébastien Roux : car j’étais avec eux tout le temps (Avignon Festival, 2008), Dérive (Biennal for Contemporary art Evento/Ma-asso Bordeaux 2009)(sound walk), Précisions sur les vagues#2 (installation) (Avignon Festival, 2007), car j'étais avec eux tout le temps (sound walk) (Avignon Festival 2011), Oiseaux/tonnerre (installation and sound walk)(collaboration with Olivier Vadrot and Yannick Fouassier) (Marseille-Provence 2013, Capitale Européenne de la Culture, gmem-CNCM-marseille 2013), La Veille (installation) (collaboration with Olivier Vadrot and Yannick Fouassier) (Césaré-Centre national de création musicale Reims 2014).

In 2011 she creates with André Baldinger (graphist and visual designer), Sébastien Roux (composer) and Martin Blum (interactive designer) Fréquences, an electronic book of a new genre, bringing together radiophonic arts and graphic design.

Célia Houdart was awarded with a scholarship at the Villa Médicis Hors-les-murs.

She is honored with the Henri de Régnier prize of l’Académie Française (2008) for her first novel (Les merveilles du monde) and Françoise Sagan prize (2012) for Carrare (P.O.L).

http://www.celiahoudart.com