MICHEL BUTOR

WRITING

Michel Butor (14 September 1926 – 24 August 2016) was a French poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator. Michel Marie François Butor was born in Mons-en-Barœul, a suburb of Lille, the third of seven children.

His parents were Émile Butor (1891–1960), a railroad inspector and Anna (née Brajeux, 1896–1972).