Michka Assayas
Michka Assayas (2 November 1958 in Paris) is a French author, music journalist and radio presenter. In France, he is known for his rock reviews and the ''Dictionnaire du rock'' published in 2000 and his radio show on radio
France Inter.
For his novel ''Exhibition'', which also appeared in a German translation, he received the Prix Découverte Figaro Magazine Fouquet's in 2002 and the
Prix des Deux Magots in 2003. The novel is a tribute to the rock and punk of the 1970s and 1980s. Additionally, Assayas wrote
''Bono On Bono: Conversations With Michka Assayas'' in 2005. It is an intimate look at
Grammy award winning
Paul David Hewson, better known as
Bono, main vocalist of the Irish rock band
U2.