Claude Burgelin is an emeritus professor of contemporary literature at the University of Lyon-2. He has published "Les Parties de dominos chez Monsieur Lefèvre: Perec avec Freud, Perec contre Freud" (Circé, 1996), "Lire Duras" (with Pierre De Gaulmyn, Presses universitaires de Lyon, 2001) and "Georges Perec" (Seuil, 2002). In "Les Mal nommés" (Seuil, 2012) he analyzes the relationship some authors have with their surnames.
