Patrice Franceschi (born December 18, 1954 in
Toulon
Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ...
) is a French adventurer.
Franceschi is also a writer, a documentary & film maker, a sailor and a pilot. He has been awarded several medals and distinctions. Patrice Franceschi was also at the origins of many
humanitarian
Humanitarianism is an active belief in the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional ...
missions in war zones (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kurdistan, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc.). He is former Chairman of the
Société des Explorateurs Français, and former Chairman and co-founder of
Solidarités International.
Franceschi is the captain of the 3-masted schooner ''La Boudeuse'', aiming at scientific expeditions related to social evolutions and climate change matters. He is most famous for being the first man to carry a solo around-the-world flight in an
Aviasud Sirocco
The Aviasud Sirocco is a single-seat ultralight available in kit or fully assembled form and originally produced by Aviasud Engineering in 1983. It is of pod-and-boom design with tricycle undercarriage and pusher configuration. The fuselage is of ...
ultralight aeroplane from September 26, 1984 to March 26, 1987. Following this tour of 2½ years (562 hours of flight, across 33 countries), he wrote a book recounting his expedition: ''La folle équipée''.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al. ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 12. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X]
He also took part in many expeditions, including the project ''The Spirit of Bougainville'', whose first ship ''La Boudeuse'' (a Chinese junk, thirty meters long), sank 130 miles east of Malta.
He is the author of numerous books and has directed several films from his expeditions.
Awards and honours
*2015
Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle
The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...
for ''Première personne du singulier''
References
External links
Société des Explorateurs Français
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French explorers
Circumnavigators of the globe
20th-century French non-fiction writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
French male short story writers
French short story writers
French documentary film directors
Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature)
Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle recipients
People from Toulon
1954 births
Living people
20th-century French male writers