He is one of the most popular French writers of recent years. As he releases a new literary work, Nicolas Mathieu continues to fascinate readers. On the private side, the writer is a loving dad, who does not hesitate to share the moments of life he spends with his son on his social networks.
With his second novel, Their children after them (Actes Sud) released in 2018, Nicolas Mathieu has achieved a real masterstroke. By portraying adolescents in the 90s in Eastern France, the 45-year-old writer was able to touch the public to the point of becoming one of the literary phenomena of the 2018 school year. Awarded the Goncourt Prize, his novel was a real triumph in bookstores with more than 400,000 copies sold for a work which was subsequently translated into more than 20 foreign languages. A consecration for this author born in Épinal, who spent his youth in the Vosges before leaving to do his higher studies at the University of Metz.
These days, Nicolas Mathieu returns with his latest project, The open sky (Actes Sud), a work created by two people, with the designer Aline Zalko. The latter was responsible for illustrating the writer’s poems and thoughts on social networks. “These posts on Instagram are writing that comes out of me over the days, but also a literary laboratory. I like the idea that they are here torn from the flow of the networks”he says in an interview with the magazine SHEin which he explains that these writings were intended for a woman with whom he is no longer today. “Literature can do a lot, but not everything! Here, it was able to do the essential thing, save from the passage of time something that we have experienced. That’s pretty much all that matters”he summarizes.
Nicolas Mathieu on vacation in London with his son
From this passionate love story, Nicolas Mathieu had a son and he shares custody with the mother. A boy whose writer, who has a huge following on Instagram, with nearly 130,000 subscribers, likes to share photos and moments of life with his fans. In recent days, father and son left together for London for a vacation for two on the themes of Harry Potter, British gastronomy and a visit to the natural history museum.
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Loving father and close to his son, Nicolas Mathieu does not hesitate to use social networks to share his art.
