Hailed by critics, but still too little known to the general public: At 44, Bénédicte Martin is not an author like the others. Crude, sincere and honest, the young woman, ex-girlfriend of Jean-Paul Rouve (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec, Monsieur Batignole, Les Tuche…), has made a name for himself on the literary scene since the early 2000s thanks to numerous novels, articles and prestigious collaborations such as the one with Frederic Beigbeder.
Novels with unfiltered vocabulary and phrasing, which she recognizes as writing under the influence of certain products…”I’ve been on Xanax for twenty years. It’s a crutch. After trying a lot of stuff, Xanax is finally what works best for me. Many booze to write; me, it didn’t work for me. Prozac and Xanax make a good little duo; it balances me to death“, she admits on the site Gonzaibefore adding “have the impression of living in a sort of pastel halo. Besides, it’s a legal drug. And even my doctor finds that I write well on benzodiazepines“.
Talented writer and mother of a teenager
An author who fully assumes her role as a mother with her son Clotaire, now 13 years old. A young boy who gave him some difficulties, despite her desire to be a mother. “I probably would have found it easier to raise a daughter; a boy, it disturbs me. Physically, he is different from me; he has his character; I find myself in unknown lands with him“, she says with sincerity. And to conclude on the subject: “I always wanted to have a child. He was very wanted. Well…obviously, there are things that I haven’t experienced because of motherhood. And sometimes I miss going out a lot, but I feel like I don’t have the energy to do it anymore.“
It must be said that the young woman took advantage of the social evenings after the release and the buzz caused by her first novel. A “little sudden notoriety“which had first made her uncomfortable before she understood the inner workings of it.”I understood that I could no longer turn back; that now my face was associated with a character, and that it would stay that way. But I quickly realized that this notoriety did not extend beyond Paris, that it lasted two months at most, and that a small writer hunted another every quarter in this medium. After that, I pulled back, I met my son’s father [Jean-Paul Rouve] and I stopped going out“, she explains.
Today, the one whogot called a whore“after a commented visit to Thierry Ardisson and the cover of her first novel where we saw her skirt raised is no longer in a relationship with Jean-Paul Rouve but continues to make the headlines: a few weeks ago, she made part of the women revealing a sexual assault by Patrick Poivre d’Arvor.