André Ruellan

André Ruellan (7 August 1922 – 10 November 2016) was a French science fiction and horror writer who has also used the pseudonym of ''Kurt Steiner'', ''Kurt Wargar'' and ''André Louvigny''.

Overview

Among the best authors published by the ''Angoisse'' horror imprint of Editions Fleuve Noir in the 1950s was André Ruellan, a physician who used the pseudonym of ''Kurt Steiner'' to pen 22 novels, mastering all the classic themes and creating some new ones as well. Perhaps because of Ruellan's medical background, the strength of his novels lay in their detailed, almost clinical, atmosphere of heavy, oppressive, bludgeoning horror, which anticipated the stronger, gorier, books of the next decades.

For the ''Anticipation'' science fiction imprint of Fleuve Noir, Ruellan also penned two heroic fantasy novels starring the futuristic knight, Dal Ortog Dal of Galankar. The world of Ortog is a futuristic Earth where sophisticated science cohabits with a pseudo-medieval society. In the first novel, Ortog is sent by its ruler, Karella, to find a cure for the slow death that is killing Earth and its inhabitants after a devastating interplanetary war. Ortog eventually returns with such a cure, but too late to save his love, Karella’s daughter, Kalla. In the sequel, Ortog, and his friend Zoltan, embark on an Orpheus-like quest through the dimensions of Death to find Kalla’s soul and bring her back to Earth. He eventually finds her, loses her again and returns to Earth, cursed with immortality.

Ruellan's science fiction novels are equally remarkable. ''Le 32 Juillet'' 2 July(1959) describes how a man finds himself in another dimension and explores the vast insides of a giant organism. ''Les Enfants de l'Histoire'' he Children Of History(1969) is a thinly-disguised allegory of the political events of May 1968 recast in future guise. ''Le Disque Rayé'' he Scratched Record(1970) involves a complex time loop. ''Brebis Galeuses'' lack Sheep(1974) is a clever medical dystopia.

André Ruellan has written a number of screenplays for film director Alain Jessua. His novel ''Le Seuil du Vide'' was adapted into an eponymous 1971 film.

Selected bibliography

(as '' Kurt Steiner'' except where otherwise mentioned.)

* ''Alerte aux Monstres'' lert, Monsters(As Kurt Wargar) (1953)
* ''Le Bruit du Silence'' he Sound Of Silence(1955)
* ''Pour Que Vive Le Diable'' or The Devil To Live(1956)
* ''Fenêtres sur l'Obscur'' indows Into Darkness(1956)
* ''De Flamme et d'Ombre'' f Flame And Shadow(1956)
* ''Le Seuil du Vide'' he Threshold Of The Void(1956)
* ''Les Rivages de la Nuit'' he Shores Of Night(1957)
* ''Je Suis Un Autre'' Am Other(1957)
* ''Les Dents Froides'' he Cold Teeth(1957)
* ''L'Envers du Masque'' he Other Side Of The Mask(1957)
* ''Les Pourvoyeurs'' he Purveyors(1957)
* ''Sueurs'' weat(1957)
* ''L'Herbe aux Pendus'' he Herb Of The Hanged Men(1958)
* ''La Marque du Démon'' he Mark Of The Demon(1958)
* ''Lumière de Sang'' lood Light(1958)
* ''Syncope Blanche'' hite Faint(1958)
* ''La Village de la Foudre'' he Village Of Lightning(1958)
* ''Le Prix du Suicide'' he Price Of Suicide(1958)
* ''Menace d'Outre-Terre'' enace From Beyond(1958)
* ''La Chaîne de Feu'' he Chain Of Fire(1959)
* ''Dans un Manteau de Brume'' n A Cloak Of Mist(1959)
* ''Mortefontaine'' eadfountain(1959)
* ''Salamandra'' (1959)
* ''Le 32 Juillet'' uly 32(1959)
* ''Glace Sanglante'' loody Ice(1960)
* ''Le Masque des Regrets'' he Mask Of Regrets(1960)
* ''Aux Armes d'Ortog'' nder Ortog's Arms(1960) (translated by Brian Stableford in ''Ortog'' (2009) )
* ''S.O.S. Passé'' OS Past(As André Louvigny) (1960)
* ''Manuel du Savoir-Mourir'' anual Of How-To-Die(As André Ruellan) (1963)
* ''Les Improbables'' (1965)
* ''Les Océans du Ciel'' he Oceans Of The Sky(1967)
* ''Ortog et les Ténèbres'' rtog And The Darkness(1969) (translated by Brian Stableford in ''Ortog'' (2009) )
* ''Les Enfants de l'Histoire'' he Children Of History(1969)
* ''Le Disque Rayé'' he Scratched Record(1970)
* ''Tunnel'' (As André Ruellan) (1973)
* ''Brebis Galeuses'' lack Sheep(1974)
* ''Un Passe Temps'' Pastime(1979)
* ''Les Chiens'' he Dogs(As André Ruellan) (1979)
* ''Mémo'' (As André Ruellan) (1984)
* ''Grand Guignol 36-88'' (1988)
* ''Le Terme'' (As André Ruellan) (1995)
* ''Albert et Georgette'' (As André Ruellan) (1995)
* ''On a Tiré sur le Cercueil'' hey Shot At The Coffin(As André Ruellan) (1997)

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1922 births
2016 deaths
French science fiction writers
French fantasy writers
French male novelists
People from Courbevoie