Pierre Bourgeade's Posthumous Works: Eroticism and Death

French writer Pierre Bourgeade died on March 11, 2009, at age 81. He left a vast, multi-genre oeuvre spanning novels, poems, photos, and films. Two posthumous books were published for the fall literary season by Éditions Tristram: "Éloge des fétichistes" and "Le Diable." "Éloge des fétichistes" is a hybrid of autobiography and essay exploring fetishism, eroticism, and death, featuring reflections on his sexual adventures and his relationship with a woman named Marie. The book includes contributions from figures like Sade, Pierre Molinier, Nathalie Gassel, and Romain Slocombe. "Le Diable" is a dark novel set in early 1980s Northern Italy amid the resurgence of the Red Brigades, following a priest named Ercole and a terrorist named Attilio. Bourgeade was also a draftsman and photographer, known for experimental photocopying of photos. His earlier works include "L'Armoire," "Crashville," "L'Aurore boréale," "Pitbull," "Bonsoir, Man Ray," and "Sade, Sainte Thérèse." He collaborated with artists Henri Maccheroni, Irina Ionesco, and Claude Alexandre. His plays were staged by Jorge Lavelli and Georges Lavaudant. Bourgeade was a member of the jury that awarded the Prix Sade to Catherine Millet. He had a long friendship with Jacques Henric, despite earlier literary rivalries between the Cahiers du Chemin (directed by Georges Lambrichs at Gallimard) and the Tel Quel group (at Seuil).