Sara Doke

Sara Doke, born in 1968 in France, is a Belgian journalist, translator and author of science fiction and fantasy who is also an activist engaged for authors' rights.

Biography

Sara Doke is the daughter of visual artist and feminist activist for women artists {{Interlanguage link, Micheline Doke, lt=Micheline Doke, fr, Micheline Doke (1931–2021).

Trained as a journalist, Sara Doke is also a digital publisher and organiser of cultural events related to fantasy and Imaginary as well as an active advocate for authors rights. She is president of honour of the {{Interlanguage link, Syndicat des écrivains de langue française, lt=Syndicat des écrivains de langue française, fr, Syndicat des écrivains de langue française(SELF). She went to court with her husband Ayerdahl, also an SF writer, representing authors against the RELIre digitisation and commercialisation project of unavailable books of the twentieth century.{{Cite web , title=ReLIRE : “La machine à broyer le droit des auteurs” hors d'état de nuire (Sara Doke) , url=https://actualitte.com/article/24665/archives/relire-la-machine-a-broyer-le-droit-des-auteurs-hors-d-etat-de-nuire-sara-doke , access-date=2024-07-21 , website=ActuaLitté.com , language=fr-FR She organised the 2003 {{Interlanguage link, Convention nationale française de science-fiction, lt=Convention nationale française de science-fiction, fr, Convention nationale française de science-fiction in Flemalle and helped to organise the Imaginaire festival in Brussels, at the Maison du livre from 1999 to 2002.{{Cite web , title=DOKE Sara , url=https://www.imaginales.fr/invites/doke-sara/ , url-status=live , archive-url=https://archive.today/20240721151908/https://www.imaginales.fr/invites/doke-sara/ , archive-date=21 July 2024 , access-date=2024-07-21 , website=Les Imaginales , language=fr

She chairs the jury for the {{Interlanguage link, Prix Julia-Verlanger, lt=Prix Julia-Verlanger, fr, Prix Julia-Verlanger awarded each year at the Utopiales festival in Nantes.

She translates fantasy albums and English-language novels published throughout the world. She won the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire in 2013 for her translation of ''The Windup Girl'' in French by Paolo Bacigalupi.

Science-fiction féministe

For Sara Doke, the most important feminist science fiction novels are Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice and Becky Chambers's ''The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet''. She also pays tribute to Joëlle Wintrebert, affirming that without her ‘there wouldn't be many female SF authors in France’. Doke cites Les Olympiades truquées, Le Créateur chimérique and Les Amazones de Bohême as books from Wintreberg having left their mark on her.{{Cite web , last=Dupont-Besnard , first=Marcus , date=2019-07-31 , title=Quels sont les meilleurs romans de SF féministes ? 7 autrices livrent leurs choix , url=https://www.numerama.com/pop-culture/537126-quels-sont-les-meilleurs-romans-de-sf-feministe-7-autrices-livrent-leurs-choix.html , access-date=2024-07-21 , website=Numerama , language=fr-FR

In 2015, she published her first feminist science fiction novel, ''Techno faérie'', with {{Interlanguage link, Les Moutons électriques, lt=Les Moutons électriques, fr, Les Moutons électriques. Using numerous documents and illustrations, the author paints a portrait of the 88 main fairies in the collective imagination, integrating them into technological society. In a second book, ''L'autre moitié du ciel'' (The other half of the sky), published in 2019, she proposes an inventory of women's imaginary heritage

In 2020, along with Sylvie Denis, she was one of two guests at the French National Science Fiction Convention.

Activism

In 2012, she was elected president of the Syndicat des écrivains de langue française along with {{Interlanguage link, Christian Vilà, lt=Christian Vilà, fr, Christian Vilà. However, in 2013, she stepped down from the presidency in favour of Jeanne-A Debats, retaining the honorary presidency. Alongside Ayerdhal, who died in 2015, she took a stand against the abuses of the {{Interlanguage link, ReLIRE, lt=ReLIRE, fr, ReLIRE project, and in November 2016 succeeded in having the project condemned by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

In 2022 she protested against the eviction of Stéphanie Nicot from the festival Les imaginales by publishing a letter of support for Nicot with other authors among whom Floriane Soulas, {{Interlanguage link, Silène Edgar,, lt=Silène Edgar,, fr, Silène Edgar, Sylvie Lainé, Ïan Larue, Estelle Faye, Robin Hobb, Sylvie Denis, Lucie Chenu, {{Interlanguage link, Sarah Buschmann, lt=Sarah Buschmann, fr, Sarah Buschmann, {{Interlanguage link, Charlotte Bousquet, lt=Charlotte Bousquet, fr, Charlotte Bousquet and {{Interlanguage link, Anne Besson, lt=Anne Besson, fr, Anne Besson.

Works

Novels

* ''Techno Faerie'', Les Moutons électriques, collection « La Bibliothèque voltaïque », 2015 {{ISBN, 2-36183-233-X.
* ''L'Autre Moitié du ciel'', Mu, 2019.
* ''La Complainte de Foranza'', Leha, 2020.{{Cite web , last= , title=La Complainte de Foranza, Sara DOKE , url=https://www.noosfere.org/livres/niourf.asp?numlivre=2146610288 , access-date=2024-07-21 , website=www.noosfere.org

Anthologies

* ''Fata Morgana,'' short story in ''Et d'Avalon à Camelot'' directed by Lucie Chenu, 2012
* ''Grands Peintres féeriques'', Les Moutons Électriques, {{ISBN, 2-36183-412-X. 2022

Translations

* ''La Cité de pierre'', George R. R. Martin, '' Bifrost'', 2003, in '' Les Rois des sables'', J'ai lu, 2007 {{ISBN, 978-2-290-35619-7.
* ''Gears of War – Tome 1 : Aspho Fields'', Karen Traviss, Milady, 448p, 2009 {{ISBN, 2-8112-0187-4.
* ''Kate Daniels – Tome 1 : Morsure magique'', Ilona Andrews, Milady, 352p, 2009 {{ISBN, 2-8112-0084-3.
* ''Kate Daniels – Tome 2 : Brûlure magique'', Ilona Andrews, Milady, 352p, 2009 {{ISBN, 2-8112-0144-0.
* ''Kate Daniels – Tome 3 : Attaque magique'', Ilona Andrews, Milady, 352p, 2010 {{ISBN, 2-8112-0299-4.
* ''Greg Mandel – Tome 2 : Quantum'', Peter F. Hamilton, Milady, 512p, 2010 {{ISBN, 2-8112-0414-8.
* ''Lila Black – Tome 1 : Bienvenue en Otopia'', Justina Robson, Milady, 480p, 2010 {{ISBN, 2-8112-0348-6.
* ''Lila Black – Tome 2 : Ascenseur pour Démonia'', Justina Robson, Milady, 480p, 2010 {{ISBN, 2-8112-0365-6.
* ''Lila Black – Tome 3 : Destination Faerie'', Justina Robson, Milady, 480p, 2010 {{ISBN, 978-2-8112-0381-8.
* ''Greg Mandel – Tome 3 : Nano'', Peter F. Hamilton, Milady, 2011 {{ISBN, 978-2-8112-0635-2.
* ''La Fille automate'', Paolo Bacigalupi, Au diable Vauvert, 2012 {{ISBN, 978-2-84626-384-9.
* ''Ferrailleurs des mers'', Paolo Bacigalupi, Au diable Vauvert, 2013 {{ISBN, 978-2-84626-504-1.
* ''Les Cités englouties'', Paolo Bacigalupi, Au diable Vauvert, 2013 {{ISBN, 978-2-84626-773-1.
* ''Zombie Ball'', Paolo Bacigalupi, Au diable Vauvert, 2014 {{ISBN, 978-2-84626-805-9.
* ''L'Alchimiste de Khaim'', Paolo Bacigalupi, Au diable Vauvert, 2014 {{ISBN, 978-2-84626-806-6.
* ''Water Knife'', Paolo Bacigalupi, Au diable Vauvert, 2016 {{ISBN, 979-10-307-0068-8.
* ''L'Arche de Darwin'', James Morrow, Au diable Vauvert, 2017 {{ISBN, 979-10-307-0115-9.
* ''Théâtre des dieux'' , Matt Suddain, Au diable Vauvert, 2017 {{ISBN, 979-10-307-0101-2.
* ''Machine de guerre'', Paolo Bacigalupi, Au diable Vauvert, 2018 {{ISBN, 979-10-307-0198-2.

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French science fiction writers
Feminist science fiction
20th-century French women writers
21st-century French novelists
21st-century French journalists
21st-century French translators
1968 births
Living people
French women novelists
21st-century French women