Patrick Besson (born 1 June 1956) is a French writer and journalist.
Besson was born of a half-Russian father and a Croatian mother. He published his first novel, Early Mornings of Love, in 1974, at age 17.
A Communist sympathizer, Besson is a literary chronicler with the newspaper L'Humanité. He also wrote for the newspaper L'Idiot international, whose editor is Jean-Edern Hallier.
Besson supported Serbia during the Yugoslav Wars, which created tension with other intellectuals like Michel Polac, Romain Goupil and Didier Daeninckx. Attacks by Daeninckx led Besson to criticize him in a novel, called Didier Denounces (editions Gerard de Villiers).
Besson wrote a poem, Sonnet Pour Florence Rey, in dedication to the girl who went on a killing spree in Paris in 1994.
In 1987, "L'Humanite" sent Besson to Brazzaville to attend a congress of writers against the South African apartheid.
Besson received a Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1985 for Dara and the Prix Renaudot in 1995 for Braban.
He was awarded Order of the Serbian Flag.
Les Petits Maux d'amour, éditeur : Seuil 1974 (ISBN 9782020012270)
L'école des absents, éditeur : Du Seuil 1976 (ISBN 9782020044752)
La Maison du jeune homme seul, éditeur : Hachette 1979 (ISBN 9782010057113)
La boum, avec Danièle Thompson, Éditions Jai Lu 1983 (ISBN 9782277215042 )
Dara, Éditions du Seuil 1985 (ISBN 2020088878)
La Chute de Saigon : Théâtre 1986, éditeur : Messidor
Lettres d'Europe, avec (France) Symposium international sur l'identité culturell 1988 (ISBN 9782226032751)
La statue du commandeur, éditeur : Albin Michel 1988 (ISBN 9782226034632)
Ah! Berlin et Autres Récits, éditeur : Gallimard 1989 (ISBN 978-2070381173)
Un peu d'humanité, éditeur Messedor 1989 (ISBN 9782209061198)