Pierre Guyotat (9 January 1940 â€" 7 February 2020) was a French
writer.Born in Bourg-Argental, Loire, Guyotat wrote his first novel,
Sur un cheval, in 1960. He was called to Algeria in the same year. In
1962 he was found guilty of desertion and publishing forbidden
material. After three months in jail he was transferred to a
disciplinary centre. Back in Paris, he got involved in journalism,
writing first for France Observateur, then for Nouvel Observateur. In
1964, Guyotat published his second novel Ashby.In 1967, he published
Tombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats (later released in English as
Tomb for 500,000 Soldiers). Based on Guyotat's ordeal as a soldier in
the Algerian War, the book earned a cult reputation and became the
subject of various controversies, mostly because of its omnipresent
sexual obsessions and homoeroticism.In 1968, Guyotat became a member
of the French Communist Party, which he left in 1971.
writer.Born in Bourg-Argental, Loire, Guyotat wrote his first novel,
Sur un cheval, in 1960. He was called to Algeria in the same year. In
1962 he was found guilty of desertion and publishing forbidden
material. After three months in jail he was transferred to a
disciplinary centre. Back in Paris, he got involved in journalism,
writing first for France Observateur, then for Nouvel Observateur. In
1964, Guyotat published his second novel Ashby.In 1967, he published
Tombeau pour cinq cent mille soldats (later released in English as
Tomb for 500,000 Soldiers). Based on Guyotat's ordeal as a soldier in
the Algerian War, the book earned a cult reputation and became the
subject of various controversies, mostly because of its omnipresent
sexual obsessions and homoeroticism.In 1968, Guyotat became a member
of the French Communist Party, which he left in 1971.
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