Jean-Jacques Schuhl

Jean-Jacques Schuhl by Jim Jarmush. « J’avais amené Jim Jarmush à l’Hôtel K. Il était tard. C’était vide et un peu inquiétant. On a longtemps marché dans de longs couloirs étroits et à un croisement on a rencontré ce fauteuil souverainement seul ».

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
portrait by JIM JARMUSH
drawings by JEAN-LUC VERNA

 

The French cult writer, JEAN-JACQUES SCHUHL, authored Rose Poussière in 1972, capturing nightlife of that time, but then for years almost seemed to disappear. He resurfaced in 2000 with a literary triumph, winning France’s most prestigious award, Le Prix Goncourt, for Ingrid Caven — a novel inspired by the German actress and singer, Schuhl’s longtime companion, and former (and only) wife of Rainer
Werner Fassbinder. Back at work on a new novel, Schuhl still avoids media attention, preferring the company of a chosen few. He accepted to meet…