Who is Édouard Levé? The Tragic Life of the Author of Suicide
"Throughout your life, you told your story. Piece by piece. Sentence by sentence. Photo by photo. And finally, when you chose to be silent, everyone began to understand you." Levé A Portrait of a Reserved Soul January 1, 1965 — October 15, 2007 Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a wealthy suburb of Paris. The first day of the new year. It was as if the world had said to him, “Come, we’ve been waiting for you.” But he never fully believed it. He was Gérard Levé’s second child. He grew up in the comfortable armchairs of the middle class. Paris’s cultural warmth surrounded him. He had everything. And yet… Something was missing. No one asked what it was. Perhaps they didn’t want to ask. As he wrote in Autoportrait, he hinted that he struggled to tell his mother, “I love you.” Some words weigh heavily on a person. Three words. A lifetime. He grew up. He grew up like everyone else. He attended a prestigious school that would open the doors to the business world ESSEC. He wore a suit. He ...