Michka Assayas | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Michka Assayas in 2014 | |
| Born | 2 November 1958 France |
| Occupation | Author and music journalist |
| Language | English and French |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Ecole Normale Superieure de Fontenay-Saint-Cloud |
Michka Assayas (born 2nd November 1958[1] in Paris) is a French author, music journalist and radio presenter. In France, he is known for his rock reviews and the Dictionnaire du rock published in 2000 and his radio show on radio France Inter.
For his novel Exhibition, which also appeared in a German translation, he received the Prix Découverte Figaro Magazine Fouquet's in 2002 and the Prix des Deux Magots in 2003. The novel is a tribute to the rock and punk of the 1970s and 1980s. Additionally, Assayas wrote Bono On Bono: Conversations With Michka Assayas in 2005. It is an intimate look at Grammy award winning Paul David Hewson, better known as Bono, main vocalist of the Irish rock band U2.[2][3]
- ^ Assayas, Michka (1958-....), notice FRBNF12094628, catalog Bn-Opale plus, BnF. Created 20 April 1984, updated on 21 December 2000.
- ^ "Bono Fast Facts". CNN. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Bono; Assayas, Michka (2006). Bono On Bono: Conversations With Michka Assayas. Hodder. ISBN 0340832770.