Daniel Arsand (born 9 July 1950 in

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) is a French writer as well as a publisher specializing in foreign literature.

Biography

After spending most of his childhood and adolescence at

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, Daniel Arsand practiced in Paris various professions in the world of books: first as bookseller, especially for the "Librairies Fontaine", he worked ten years as a literary advisor to various publishing houses among which La Manufacture de livres and , before he joined the

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as press officer. Finally, in 2000, he became a publisher of foreign literature at

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. He made his debut as a writer in 1989 with a biography of

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but his career as a novelist began in 1998 with ''La Province des ténèbres'', a noticed work that earned him the

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for first novel. This author, whom Michel Crépu, in ''

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'' dated 28 September 2000, dubbed "Arsand, the wild classic" because of the contrast between the harshness of his themes and the sobriety of his style, later published several novels and short stories, including ''En silence'', which obtained the Grand prix Jean Giono for second novel. At the same time, his role as a publisher is above all that of a "passer" ', that is to say a reader who allows the French-speaking public to discover foreign authors. In this sense, Daniel Arsand is the "passer" of

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but also of three other Irish writers:

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(

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2001), Hugo Hamilton (prix Femina étranger 2003) and

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. He also had the Turkish novelist

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's works translated. He is the publisher of ''Certaines n'avaient jamais vu la mer'' by

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which was awarded the prix Femina étranger in 2012.

Works

*1989: ''Mireille Balin ou la beauté foudroyée'', La Manufacture de livres *1996: ''Nocturnes'', HB Éditeur *1998: ''La Province des ténèbres'', Phébus,

for first novel *2000: ''En silence'', Phébus, 2000, Grand prix Jean Giono of second novel. *2000: ''La Ville assiégée'', Éditions du Rocher *2002: ''Lily'', Phébus *2004: ''Ivresses du fils'',

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*2006: ''Des chevaux noirs'', Stock *2008: ''Des amants'', Stock, Grand prix of the

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. *2008: ''Alberto'', *2011: , prix of European novel *2013: ''Que Tal''.Que Tal était le chat de Daniel Arsand. Se
Extraits de presse
on the site ''20minutes.fr''. Phébus *2016: ''Je suis en vie et tu ne m’entends pas'',

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References

External links

''Je suis en vie et tu ne l'entends pas'' by Daniel Arsand
on '' La Croix'' (23 June 2016)
Daniel Arsand
on Babelio
Biography
on the site of the Société des Gens de Lettres

on ''

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'' (22 September 2011)
Daniel Arsand
on

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