François Garde (born 1959 in

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, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French writer and high-ranking official

Administrative career

* Graduated in 1984 of the ENA (class

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), * Deputy Secretary-General of New Caledonia from 1991 to 1993 * Administrator-Superior of French Southern and Antarctic Lands (from 25 May 2000 to 19 December 2004) * Secretary-General of the Government of New-Caledonia, August 2009 – August 2010, * Vice-President of the Administrative court at

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, then

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Works

Garde began to write at the age of over forty years and since 2003 has published various books and two novels.

Essays

*2003: ''Les Institutions de la Nouvelle-Calédonie''., *2006: ''Paul-Émile Victor et la France de l'Antarctique''., *2015: ''La Baleine dans tous ses états''.

Novels

*2012: '. **

prix Goncourt du premier roman The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

2012 ** grand prix Jean-Giono 2012. ** prix littéraire des grands espaces Maurice Dousset 2012 ** prix Hortense Dufour 2012. ** prix Edmée de La Rochefoucauld 2012 ** prix Emmanuel Roblès 2012 **

prix Amerigo Vespucci The prix Amerigo-Vespucci is a French literary award established in 1990, during the first (IFG) at Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. It rewards works on the theme of adventure and travel and refers to the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci. Featuring 2500 ...

2012. ** prix Ville de Limoges 2012.François Garde : ''L'essentiel, c'est d'écrire et pas d’avoir des prix…''
*2013: ''Pour trois couronnes'', Gallimard *2016: ''L’Effroi'', Gallimard

References

External links

François Garde
on

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Entretien avec François Garde
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