Patrice Pluyette (born 5 September 1977 in

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) is a French writer.

Biography

After studying modern letters at the

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and a master's degree on Eugène Ionesco (''Le Merveilleux dans l’œuvre théâtrale de Ionesco''), Pluyette interrupted the competitions for teaching in 2002 and devoted himself to writing. In 2004, he chose to settle down by the sea in

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. After a collection of poetry published in 2001, ''Décidément rien'' (Éditions-Galerie Racine), he published two novels or narratives very favourably noticed at Maurice Nadeau: ' (2004) and ' (2005). He subsequently published three novels at

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: ' (2006), ' (2008) nominated for the

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and the

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, and ''Un été sur le Magnifique'' ( 2011). In October 2008, the bestowed him the Prix Amerigo Vespucci for his novel ''La Traversée du Mozambique par temps calme''. In November 2008, he was awarded the Prix Pierre-Mac Orlan, chaired by

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, for the same novel. In 2010-2011 Patrice Pluyette was resident at the

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at Rome. His latest novel, ''La fourmi assassine'', was published on 8 January 2015 at éditions du Seuil. It was selected for the

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and the Prix Alexandre Vialatte.

Works

Novels

* 2004: ''Les Béquilles'', Éditions Maurice Nadeau, * 2005: ''Un vigile'', Éditions Maurice Nadeau * 2006: ''Blanche'', Seuil, * 2008: ''La Traversée du Mozambique par temps calme'', Seuil series Point, * 2011: ''Un été sur le Magnifique'', Seuil, * 2015: ''La Fourmi assassine'',''La Fourmi assassine''
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Poetry

*2001: ''Décidément Rien'', Éditions-Galerie Racine

References

External links

Official website

Patrice Pluyette
on Babelio
''Le polar dégoupillé de Patrice Pluyette''
on '' Le Point'' (13 January 2015)
''La Fourmi assassine''
on Éditions du Seuil
Patrice Pluyette - ''La fourmi assassine''
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