Noël Godin (born 13 September 1945) is a Belgian writer, critic, actor and notorious pie thrower or entarteur. Godin gained global attention in 1998 when his group ambushed Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in Brussels, pelting the software magnate with pies. After bombarding Gates, Godin allegedly said, "My work here is done." He has been described as "the French-speaking world's best-known prankster." He says his humor can be traced back to Bugs Bunny, Wile E. Coyote, the Marx Brothers, Norman Wisdom, and the radical "yippies" of the Youth International Party.

A supporter of anarchist causes,

Pieing targets

Since 1969, Godin has thrown pies at more than 25 people in the fields of culture, politics, and beyond.

  • Jean-Luc Godard (1985)
  • Jean-Pierre Elkabbach (1994)
  • Hélène (1995)
  • Priests at Nantes Cathedral (1996)
  • Nicolas Sarkozy (1997)
  • Jean-Pierre Chevènement (2002)
  • Jean Charest (2003)
  • Doc Gynéco (2007)

Books

  • Anthologie de la subversion carabinée, L'âge d'homme, 1989, (philosophical study of political freedom), réédition revue et augmentée, 2008
  • Zig zig boum boum, Le Veilleur, Toulouse, 1994
  • Crème et châtiment : mémoire d'un entarteur, Albin Michel, 1995
  • Godin par Godin, Yellow Now, 2001,
  • Armons-nous les uns les autres! (novel), Flammarion, 2003,
  • Entartons, entartons les pompeux cornichons!, Flammarion, 2005, (The story of all his pieings).

References

  • Official Site of the "Internationale Pâtissière" (IP)
  • Official Site of the Montreal "entartistes"