Philippe Rahmy (5 June 1965, in

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– 1 October 2017) was a

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poet and writer.

Biography

Philippe Rahmy studied the history of arts and Egyptology at the

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, and graduated from the

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in literature and philosophy. He was a founding member of the prominent French literary site remue.net, focused on promoting contemporary literature over the Internet and through live events. He is a published author in

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and

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. Philippe Rahmy was also active as a photographer and as a director of award-winning independent short films. Philippe Rahmy had

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(brittle bones), and he was an active member of several disability-related associations. He was also writing songs for the rock band "I need my gasoline". He was working on a literary and multimedia project abou
abandoned cities
''The Abandoned City'' is a collaborative writing project. Hosted on D-FICTION, it will ultimately find its dedicated platform, an open website gathering a large range of tools for geolocation, virtual exploration of the landscape, artistic creation, and communication. Literary at first, this interdisciplinary project will welcome, later, visual arts, music, staged arts and street arts, as well as academic productions.

Books

* 2017
''Monarques''
éditions de La Table Ronde, coll. Vermillon * 2016
''Allegra''
éditions de La Table Ronde, coll. Vermillon, January 2016 (awarded the Prix Rambert 2016 and the Swiss Literature Award 2017) * 2015
''Béton armé''
Collection Folio (n° 5946), Gallimard, 2015 * 2014 : ''Loop Road'', nerval.fr, March 2014 * 2013 : ''Béton armé – Shanghai au corps à corps'', Éditions de La Table Rond
Editions Table Ronde - Littérature française et étrangère, essais et documents, beaux livres, La Petite Vermillon
preface Jean-Christophe Rufin de l'Académie française, September 2013 (awarded the

Prix Wepler The prix Wepler is a French literary award established in 1998 at the initiative of the Abbesses Bookshop, with the support of the La Poste Foundation, and the Brasserie Wepler (Place Clichy, 18th arrondissement of Paris) and which distinguishes, ...

2013 Mention spéciale du jury // One of the 20 best books of the year 2013, palmarès Lire; Prix Michel-Dentan 2014) * 2013 : ''Corps au miroir'', avec Sabine Oppliger, Encre et lumière, 2013 * 2010 : ''Cheyne, 30 ans, 30 voix'', Livres hors collection, 2010 * 2009 : ''Cellules souches'', avec Stéphane Dussel
Mots tessons
2009 * 2009 : ''Movimento dalla fine'', a cura di Monica Pavani
Mobydick
2009 * 2008 : ''SMS de la cloison''
publie.net
2008 * 2008 : ''Architecture nuit'', texte expérimental, publie.net, 2008 * 2007 : ''Demeure le corps, Chant d'exécration''

2007 * 2005 : ''Mouvement par la fin, Un portrait de la douleur''

2005 (postface

Jacques Dupin Jacques Dupin (4 March 1927, Privas, Ardèche – 27 October 2012, Paris) was a French poet, art critic, and co-founder of the journal '' L'éphemère''. Dupin was born in the town of Privas in the South of France, where his father was a psychi ...

Prix des Charmettes – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2006)

Articles

''La couleur des jours''
"Pardon pour l'Amérique", 31-08-2017, extract of an ongoing novel, written at the foundation Jan Michalski *
Specimen
The Babel Revue of Translation'', "Pardon pour l'Amérique", fr/eng, transl. by Carla Calimani, 06-2017 *
Viceversa littérature
', nr. 11, "Dialogue avec Philippe Rahmy : l'écriture en acte" by Marina Skalova, followed by "retour architecture nuit" by François Bon, 04-2017
''Diacritik''
"Le roi est vulnérable", 24-02-2017 * Château de Lavigny, 20 ans, anthologie anniversaire, "Le Châtiment", 08-2016

"Todos tenemos alguna discapacidad", 19-04-2016 * La moitié du fourbi, Nr. 3, "Un portrait du Fayoum", 03-2016 * Le Persil, Special edition dedicated to poetry in the francophone part of Switzerland, "Comme le caméléon, sa langue", 03-2016 * Postface to the book "Kvar lo" from Sabine Huynh (poems, with ink paintings from Caroline François-Rubino), Éditions Æncrages & Co, coll. Écri(peind)re, 2016 * Le Magazine Littéraire, Nr. 541, 03–2014, "Alors, Shanghai?" * Le Magazine Littéraire, Nr. 532, 06–2013, "Paul Auster, le grand entretien" * D-Fiction, 05–2013, "Aran" * Art+Politique, 2012, "Du partage des richesses" * Lieux d'Être, N°51, printemps 2011, "Il ne suffit pas de bégayer" * Viceversa Littérature, N°5 (2011), "Château Solitude" * La Revue de Belles-Lettres, 134e année, numéro 1–2 2010, "Un terrain parmi d'autres" * Antilipseis Magazine, mars 2011, in: "Perceptions" * The Black Herald Press, 1st issue, January 2011, * revue China Dolls, Beijing, été 2010, "The Glory of the body", * revue Hétérographe N°4, automne 2010, Sandra Moussempès, Photogénie des ombres peintes * revue fario, May/June 2009, " La vie sauve " * revue Faire Part, " Caroline Sagot Duvauroux, Vol-ce-l'est, l'autre chose ", avril 2009 * participation au catalogue d'exposition du peintre Winfried Veit, avril 2009 * revue Viola, " Solitudine publica ", mars 2009 * revue Hétérographe, " Solitude publique ", mars 2009 * revue Action restreinte, " Kit & Scat Song ", février 2009 * François Bon, " Tu marchais dans la maison des morts, vidéo ", dans : " François Bon, éclats de réalité ", Dominique Viart et Jean-Bernard Vray (eds), PU de Saint Etienne 2008 * Joë Bousquet, " Mystique ", dans : Joë Bousquet, " Maigre nudité du soir ", éditions de l'Atelier du Gué 2008 * revue Lieux d'Être N° 45, " Naître détruit ", 2007 * revue Faire Part N° 20–21, " Coudrier, une gravure à la Manière noire ", dans : " Matière d'Origine : Jacques Dupin ", 2007 * Aral, dans : " Jean-Marie Barnaud, Pour saluer la bienvenue ", Bibliothèque municipale de Charleville-Mézières 2002

Short movies

Phil Rahmy displayed his vision as a director and award-winning independent short film producer through his later productions which were being distributed and viewed globally. ''Later viewings'' * Uplink Factory, video festival, official selection of Swiss short films (OBLO), "The Body remains", Tokyo, Japan, 2011. * Gallery Arts-en-l'Ile, projection of "M.R.I. ", curator Penelope Petsini, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010 * Special Prize of the Jury at the Oblò Underground Short Film Festival, "The Body remains", Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009 * Museum of Modern Arts (MAMCO), projection of "M.R.I"., Geneva, Switzerland, 2009 * Festival Côté Court 2008, official selection of "The Body remains", Cinéma 104, Pantin, France, 2008. * Un festival c'est trop court, programm FILMS D'ICI, official selection, "The Body remains", Nice, France, 2008. * Official Selection for exhibition in the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, "The Body remains", New York February, Manhattan, NYC, 2008.

Photography

His photographic work concentrated on the human body and the topic of so-called "normality". ''Later expos'' * Photovision 2011, exposition of the series "The Glory of the Body", in collaboration with Antilipseis Magazine of Photography. At the end of 2011, the expo will be part of the Athens School of Fine Arts fund, Athens, Greece, 2011. * China Dolls Magazine, "Body & Norm", Beijing, China, 2010. * Special Prize of the Jury at the Oblò Underground Short Film Festival, "The Body remains", Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009 * Universal Exposition of Shanghai, "Immobility and Movement", FFA Pavilion, Shanghai, China, 2010 * Revue d'Ici Là, Online Art Magazine, France, 2010. * Un festival c'est trop court, programm FILMS D'ICI, official selection, "The Body remains", Nice, France, 2008.

Screenwriting

Phil Rahmy was active as a screenwriter, and has co-founded Wallman Productions, a Hollywood-based independent film and music production company, in association with the famous jazzman Art Johnson.

Distinctions / Grants

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

: Prix des Charmettes/Jean-Jacques Rousseau for "Mouvement par la fin" (Cheyne Editeur, 2005) *

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

: Lauréat de la bourse d'écriture Pro Helvetia *

: Finaliste Prix FEMS pour la littérature *

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: Writer-in-residence, Shanghai Writers Association *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: Prix Wepler Fondation La Poste 2013 Mention spéciale du jury for ''Béton armé'' (Éditions La Table Ronde, 2013) *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: Meilleur récit de voyage - Sélection Lire for ''Béton armé'' (Éditions La Table Ronde, 2013) *

: Prix Pittard de l'Andelyn for ''Béton armé'' (Éditions La Table Ronde, 2013) *

Prix Dentan The Prix Dentan is a Swiss literary award created in 1984 and named for Professor Michel Dentan. Laureates * 2021 Bruno Pellegrino for ''Dans la ville provisoire'', Zoé, 2021 * 2020 Pascal Janovjak for ''Le Zoo de Rome'', Actes Sud, 2019 * 20 ...

for ''Béton armé'' (Éditions La Table Ronde, 2013) *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: Writer-in-residence
Château de Lavigny
*

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: Writer-in-residence, Escuela de Otoño de Traducción Literaria en Lenguas Vivas, Buenos Aires *

: Prix Eugène-Rambert for ''Allegra'' (Éditions La Table Ronde, 2016) *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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for ''Allegra'' (Éditions La Table Ronde, 2016) *

: Writer-in-residence, Fondation Jan Michalski pour l'écriture et la littérature, Montricher, Switzerland Fontation Jan Michalski pour l'écriture et la littérature, http://www.fondation-janmichalski.com/residence-pour-ecrivains/residents-2017/

References

Sources

Bibliothèque cantonale universitaire

articles by Philippe Rahmy on remue.net

texts by Philippe Rahmy on remue.net

rahmyfiction.net Philippe Rahmy's blog
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