Philippe Di Folco (born 20 June 1964 in Choisy-le-Roi) is a French author and teacher.

Biography

Born and raised in

Val de Marne Val-de-Marne (, "Vale of the Marne") is a department of France located in the Île-de-France region. Named after the river Marne, it is situated in the Grand Paris metropolis to the southeast of the City of Paris. In 2019, Val-de-Marne had a p ...

, near

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, France, Philippe Di Folco studied Economics and Literature at

School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences The School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (french: École des hautes études en sciences sociales; EHESS) is a graduate '' grande école'' and '' grand établissement'' in Paris focused on academic research in the social sciences. Th ...

(Paris). From 1988 to 1997, he was an

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production manager for several companies such as

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. He met Jean-François Bizot, CEO of Novapress in 1997, writing and producing for magazines and radio. In 2003, he was invited to

The Frye Festival The Frye Festival, formerly known as the Northrop Frye International Literary Festival, is a bilingual (French and English) literary festival held in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada in April of each year. The festival began in 1999 and honours no ...

. He is co-author of '' On Tour'' with

Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film '' Quantum of Solace'', in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich'', Wes An ...

: the film won an award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Di Folco was nominated for the

César Award for Best Writing The César Award for Best Writing (french: César du meilleur scénario, dialogues ou adaptation (1976-1982); ''César du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation'' (1986-2005) is a discontinued award given by the Académie des Arts et Techniques ...

2010. Since 2010, he has been teaching

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École Estienne L'école Estienne is the traditional name of the l'École supérieure des arts et industries graphiques (ESAIG) (Graduate School of Arts and Printing Industry). It is located at 18, Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui in the 13th arrondissement of Pari ...

Le Havre Le Havre (, ; nrf, Lé Hâvre ) is a port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very ...

Art School... He is the author in 2014 of the first biography about the French millionnaire Jacques Lebaudy, the "Emperor of the Sahara", who was shot by his wife in Long Island in 1919. He is co-author of '' Barbara'' with

: they were nominated for the

2018.

Selected bibliography

* 2005: ''Dictionnaire de la Pornographie'' (''Dictionary of Pornography''), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, foreword: Jean-Claude Carrière, translated into Greek, Romanian, Italian * 2008: ''We Love Books! A World Tour'', Échirolles: Centre Européen du Graphisme * 2010: ''Dictionnaire de la Mort'' (''Dictionary of Death''), Paris:

Éditions Larousse Éditions Larousse is a French publishing house specialising in reference works such as dictionaries. It was founded by Pierre Larousse and its best-known work is the ''Petit Larousse''. It was acquired from private owners by Compagnie Europée ...

* 2011: ''Petit traité de l'imposture'' (''About Imposture''), Paris: Éditions Larousse * 2014: ''L'Empereur du Sahara'' (a biography of Jacques Lebaudy), Paris: Galaade Editions, * 2014: ''Criminels. Histoires vraies'', Paris: Sonatine éditions/Perrin,

Academic conference

*2009: ''Traduire l'Éros / Translating

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References

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