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Lucie Chenu
Lucie Chenu (born 10 May 1960) is a French author who works in the field of fantastic literature, fantasy and science fiction. A doctor in bacterial genetics, she received the Bob Morane Prize twice (2008 and 2009) for her work as an anthologist. For several years, Chenu had been active in professional publishing as well as in fanzinats and webzines. She co-directed the Imaginaires collection from Glyphe editions from 2007 to 2009, when she resigned to devote herself to her own writing. However, as she is seemingly unable to stay away for very long from promoting the genres to which she has always devoted herself, Chenu was responsible for French-language fiction at the Mythologica magazine from its creation in 2012 until at the end of the review, and she has collaborated with the review Galaxies since 2013. In addition, she was part of the office of the (Union of French Language Writers ) as an editor from 2014 to 2015. In 2022 she protested against the eviction of Stéphanie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Robin Hobb
Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden (born March 5, 1952), known by her pen names Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm, is an American writer of speculative fiction. As Hobb, she is best known for her fantasy novels set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'', which comprise the ''Farseer trilogy, Farseer'', ''Liveship Traders'' and ''Tawny Man'' trilogies, the ''Rain Wild'' chronicles, and the ''Fitz and the Fool'' trilogy. Lindholm's writing includes the urban fantasy novel ''Wizard of the Pigeons'' and science fiction short stories, among other works. , her fiction has been translated into 22 languages and sold more than 4 million copies. Born in California, Lindholm grew up in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest and married a mariner at age eighteen. The Alaskan wilderness and the ocean were prominent aspects of her life, influencing her writing. After an early career in short fiction, at age thirty Lindholm published Windsingers series, her first novel while working as a waitress and raising ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Fantasy Writers
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21st-century French Women Writers
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21st-century French Writers
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21st-century French Novelists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1960 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvie Denis
Sylvie Denis (born 10 November 1963 in Talence) is a French science fiction writer. She is also a translator and co-edited the magazine "Cyberdreams." A novelist, she won the Solaris Prize in 1988 for ''L'Anniversaire de Caroline'', the Prix Rosny aîné in 2000 for ''Dedans, dehors'' and the Julia-Verlanger Prize in 2004 for ''Haute-École''. She is also an essayist, critic, anthologist, translator and editor of Cyberdreams. She is considered by critics to be an important figure of French science fiction, both because of her many activities in the field and because of her commitment to science fiction that places great emphasis on the technosciences and their impact on human society. Biography Sylvie Denis was born into a modest family in Saint-Gaudens, who moved to Ussel when she was eight. She became interested in science fiction at an early age, first through a television series, then by discovering the books in the Fleuve Noir Anticipation collection. Her first works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphanie Nicot
Stéphanie Nicot (born 13 May 1952 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French essayist, anthologist, and literary critic, specialized in science fiction and fantasy. Biography Stéphanie Nicot graduated in contemporary literature and information communication. She worked in a variety of professions before teaching literature and history in a vocational lycée, before devoting herself entirely to literature. She is committed to the rights of trans persons. She was assigned a boy at birth and made her transition around 2003. In 2004, she helped found the Trans Aide association in Nancy, which later became the Association nationale transgenre. She was its president until she was appointed head of the LGBTI+ Federation in 2014. With Alexandra Augst-Merelle, she published ''Changer de sexe : Identités transsexuelles'', published by Le Cavalier Bleu in 2006. In 2011, her marriage to her wife, on the day of a Pride march, even though she had not changed her sex at the registry office, was o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sara Doke
Sara Doke, born in 1968 in France, is a Belgian journalist, translator and author of science fiction and fantasy who is also an activist engaged for authors' rights. Biography Sara Doke is the daughter of visual artist and feminist activist for women artists {{Interlanguage link, Micheline Doke, lt=Micheline Doke, fr, Micheline Doke (1931–2021). Trained as a journalist, Sara Doke is also a digital publisher and organiser of cultural events related to fantasy and Imaginary (sociology), Imaginary as well as an active advocate for authors rights. She is president of honour of the {{Interlanguage link, Syndicat des écrivains de langue française, lt=Syndicat des écrivains de langue française, fr, Syndicat des écrivains de langue française(SELF). She went to court with her husband Ayerdhal, Ayerdahl, also an SF writer, representing authors against the RELIre digitisation and commercialisation project of unavailable books of the twentieth century.{{Cite web , title=ReLIRE : “La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estelle Faye
Estelle Faye (born 1 May 1978) began her career as a French actor and screenwriter. Since 2009 she has been best known as a science fiction and fantasy author, where her novels and short stories have won several awards. Biography After taking drama classes in Paris and San Francisco, Estelle Faye turned her attention to directing and writing science fiction, horror and fantasy. In 2008, she graduated from the screenwriting section of Femis. She has written several short films, one of which won the Prix France Télévisions. She started to write fantasy fiction in 2008 after responding to a call by Calmann-Lévy to propose stories for an anthology around the theme of dragons. She published her first adult novel ''Porcelaine''. In 2017 she published a dark fantasy novel ''Les seigneurs de Boyen'', in which monsters, magic, sorcery are invoked in a tale questionning the making of real away from circles of power. The novel also features various magical creatures, among which a cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
