Olivier Frébourg (14 September 1965,

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) is a French journalist, writer and publisher.

Career

As a journalist, he wrote for '' Libération'', ''

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'', '' Géo'' (as great reporter), ''

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'', ', ' and several foreign newspapers. A literary advisor at

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from 1988 to 1990, then literary director at

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from 1992 to 2003, he created the Éditions des Équateurs in 2003. Always fascinated by the sea, himself an ''emeritus'' navigator, he was received among Les Écrivains de marine in October 2004, a literary group founded by

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Works

* 1989: ''Roger Nimier. Trafiquant d'insolence'', éditions du Rocher, series "Les Infréquentables", - Prix des Deux-Magots * 1991: ''Basse saison'',

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, - Prix du premier roman de la ville de Caen * 1994: ''La vie sera plus belle'', Albin Michel, - Prix des lycées d’Ile de France * 1998: ''Port d'attache'', Albin Michel, - Prix François Mauriac de l’Académie française, Prix Queffélec * 1998: ''Souviens-toi de Lisbonne'', La Table Ronde, * 2000: ''Maupassant, le clandestin'', reprint Gallimard series "Folio" - Prix du Cercle de la Mer * 2001: ''La Normandie'', National Geographic, reprint in 2004 - photographs by Hélène Bamberger (National Géographic) * 2002: ''Ports mythiques'', , * 2002: ''Esquisses normandes'', National Geographic, * 2004: ''Vietnam'', Chine, - (photographs by Nicolas Cornet) * 2004: ''Un homme à la mer'',

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, * 2011: ''Gaston et Gustave'', Mercure de France, -

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* 2014: ''La Grande Nageuse'', Mercure de France, - Preface to the complete works of and the volume ''Romans et essais'' by

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References

External links

Olivier Frébourg, éditeur au long cours
on Libération
Olivier Frébourg, un marin à l'ancre
on '' L'Express''
Olivier Frébourg
on

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