Patrick Deville (born 14 December 1957 in
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
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) is a French writer.
Life
After studying comparative literature and philosophy at the
University of Nantes, Deville lived in the Middle East, Nigeria and Algeria. In the 1990s, he travelled frequently to Cuba and Uruguay.
In 1996, he created the literary review ''Meet''.
In 2011, the editors of ''Lire'' magazine selected ''Kampuchea'' as the best French novel of the year.
In 2012, his novel ''Plague and Cholera'' (based on the life of the bacteriologist
Alexandre Yersin
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) was one of the most discussed books of the literary season. It was a finalist for several French prizes, and received both the Fnac Prize and the Prix Femina.
His books have been translated into a dozen languages.
Works
*''Œnologie et crus des vins'', with
Roger Piallat, Éditions Jérôme Villette 1996 (rééd.
Kilien Stengel, 2008).
*''Cordon-bleu'', Editions de Minuit 1987
**''Das Perspektiv''. Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, 1989,
**''El Catalejo'', Translator Javier Albiñana,
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, 1990,
*''Le Feu d'artifice'', Editions de Minuit 1992 (The Fireworks)
** ''Los Fuegos artificiales'', Edicions 62, 1994,
**花火, 白水社, 1994,
*''La Femme parfaite,'', Editions de Minuit 1995 (The Perfect Woman)
*''Ces deux-là'', Editions de Minuit, 2000 (These Two)
*''Pura vida: vie & mort de William Walker'', Seuil, 2004 (Pure Life: Life and death of William Walker)
**''Pura vida: Vida y muerte de William Walker'', Seix Barral, 2005,
*''La Tentation des armes à feu,'' Seuil, 2006 (The Temptation of Firearms)
*''Equatoria'', Seuil, 2009,
*''Kampuchéa'', Seuil, 2011,
*''Vie et mort sainte Tina l'exilée,'' editions publie.net, 2011 (Life and Holy Death in Exile Tina)
*''Peste et Choléra'', Seuil, 2012.
lague and Cholera
*''Viva'', Seuil, 2014.
*''Taba-Taba'', Seuil, 2017.
*''Amazonia'', Seuil, 2019.
Notes and references
External links
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1957 births
Living people
People from Loire-Atlantique
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists
Writers from Pays de la Loire
University of Nantes alumni
Prix Femina winners
French male novelists
20th-century French male writers
21st-century French male writers
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