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François Angelier (born 22 August 1958) is a French journalist, presenter, essayist, biographer and author of

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Biography

Angelier's early discovery of Owen, Claude Seignolle, Michel de Ghelderode, Kubin,

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and a short time with a theatre troupe, Angelier made his radio debut in 1981 with a programme on H.P. Lovecraft. With

Emmanuel Laurentin Immanuel ( he, עִמָּנוּאֵל, 'Īmmānū'ēl, meaning, "God is with us"; also romanized: , ; and or in Koine Greek of the New Testament) is a Hebrew name that appears in the Book of Isaiah (7:14) as a sign that God will protect the H ...

and

Jean-Christophe Ogier ''Jean-Christophe'' (1904‒1912) is the novel in 10 volumes by Romain Rolland for which he received the Prix Femina in 1905 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. It was translated into English by Gilbert Cannan. The first four volumes a ...

, he launched ''Bande à Parte'' on the French radio station

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in summer 1991—a programme dedicated to fantasy, fiction and comic books.

Awards

* Prix du Roman, Fantastic'Arts, Gérardmer 2001 for ''Le Templier''.

Bibliography

Novel

* ''Le Templier'' (Masque GF, 2001)

Anthologies

* ''La Nuit'' (Éd. J. Million, 1995) * ''La Salette : apocalypse, pèlerinage et littérature (1856-1996)'' (Éd. J. Million, 2000, with

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Essays, Biographies

* ''Le Drageoir aux épines ou l'intime souffrance de

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'' (1993) ; * ''Saint François de Sales ou Monsieur des abeilles'' (Pygmalion "Chemins d’éternité", 1997) ; * ''Paul Claudel : chemins d'éternité'' (Pygmalion "Chemins d’éternité", 2001) ; * ''Claudel ou la conversion sauvage'' (Salvator "Juste un débat", 2003) ; * ''Dictionnaire Jules Verne'' (Pygmalion, 2006).

References

External links

*
Site de l'émission Mauvais Genres sur France Culture
*
F. Angelier sur le site ''etonnants-voyageurs''
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