Clémentine Mélois

Clémentine Mélois is a French artist and writer, known for her experimental and humorous works that combine visual art and literature. Mélois first gained attention with Cent titres (2014), a book of playful reinterpretations of the titles and covers of well-known books. Her subsequent works include the "found" novel Sinon j'oublie (2017), translated as Otherwise I Forget (2023), and Dehors, la tempête (2020), a non-fiction reflection on reading. In 2024 she published Alors c'est bien, a memoir about the death of her father which received several literary awards. Mélois was a member of the Oulipo experimental literary group between 2017 and 2026.