Patrick Deville
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| Occupation | writer |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | University of Nantes |
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Patrick Deville (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 14 December 1957 in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins) 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) 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.[1]
His books have been translated into a dozen languages.[citation needed]
Works
- Œnologie et crus des vins, with Roger Piallat, Éditions Jérôme Villette 1996 (rééd. Kilien Stengel, 2008).
- Cordon-bleu, Editions de Minuit 1987 Template:ISBN
- Das Perspektiv. Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, 1989, Template:ISBN
- El Catalejo, Translator Javier Albiñana, Anagrama, 1990, Template:ISBN
- Le Feu d'artifice, Editions de Minuit 1992 (The Fireworks) Template:ISBN
- Los Fuegos artificiales, Edicions 62, 1994, Template:ISBN
- 花火, 白水社, 1994, Template:ISBN
- La Femme parfaite,, Editions de Minuit 1995 (The Perfect Woman) Template:ISBN
- 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) Template:ISBN
- Pura vida: Vida y muerte de William Walker, Seix Barral, 2005, Template:ISBN
- La Tentation des armes à feu, Seuil, 2006 (The Temptation of Firearms) Template:ISBN
- Equatoria, Seuil, 2009, Template:ISBN
- Kampuchéa, Seuil, 2011, Template:ISBN
- Vie et mort sainte Tina l'exilée, editions publie.net, 2011 (Life and Holy Death in Exile Tina)
- Peste et Choléra, Seuil, 2012. [Plague and Cholera] Template:ISBN
- Viva, Seuil, 2014. Template:ISBN
- Taba-Taba, Seuil, 2017.
- Amazonia, Seuil, 2019.[2]
Notes and references
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nicolas Ungemuth (7 September 2012). "Patrick Deville: le monde lui appartient" [Patrick Deville: the world belongs to him]. Le Figaro (in français).
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Patrick Deville, couronné par le Femina pour "Peste & Choléra"" [Patrick Deville, crowned by Femina forr "Peste & Choléra"]. Le Monde (in français). 5 November 2012. - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Laure Amblesec. "Amazonia : la magie du tapis volant" [Amazonia : the magic of the flying carpet]. Actualitte (in français). Retrieved 14 October 2019.
External links
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