Noël Godin

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Noël Godin (left) in Harelbeke with Francis De Smet and Jan Bucquoy

Noël Godin (born September 13, 1945 in Liège ) is an author, critic and notorious cake thrower . He received worldwide attention when he carried out a cake attack on Bill Gates , then CEO of Microsoft , in Brussels on February 4, 1998 .

Godin says his main goal is to pinpoint as many people who are self-righteous and humorless as possible . He told The New York Times of state power , oppressive laws , moral laws , nuclear energy and any form of political power war.

Since 1969, when Godin carried out his first cake attack on the French writer Marguerite Duras , he has attacked dozens of well-known people, including a. Maurice Bejart , Patrick Poivre d'Arvor , Nicolas Sarkozy , Jean-Luc Godard and Bernard-Henri Lévy .

Godin, who uses the pseudonym "Georges Le Gloupier" , has found numerous followers all over the world who provide him with logistical information about potential targets and also provide him with operational support. He describes his group as non-violent and insists that he only uses what he calls the “tarte classique” , which essentially consists of whipped cream and soft sponge cake . He attributes his humor to classics of the comedian field such as Jerry Lewis , Wile E. Coyote , the Marx Brothers or Abbie Hoffman .

Godin often appears in the films of his friends Jan Bucquoy and Francis De Smet , a. a. in La Vie Sexuelle des Belges 1950-78 , Camping Cosmos , Opus IV: La Jouissances Des Hystériques , Tart or Vivant, Tarte ou Vivant and Les Vacances de Noël .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1994: The true sex life of Belgians (La vie sexual des Belges 1950-1978)
  • 1996: Camping Cosmos
  • 2004: Wallonia 2084
  • 2004: Aaltra
  • 2005: Les vacances de Noël
  • 2010: Mammoth
  • 2011: Moi, Michel G., milliardaire, maître du monde
  • 2012: The day will come (Le grand soir)
  • 2013: Henri

Web links

Commons : Noël Godin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Noël Godin interview at firstmonday.org, accessed November 28, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Godin, Noël
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian author, critic and notorious cake thrower
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Liege , Belgium