Vincent de Swarte (15 June 1963 – 24 April 2006) was a French writer author of varied novels ranging from books for youth (''Le Carrousel des mers'') to crime fictions (''Pharricide'').
Biography
After studying political science in
Bordeaux
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, he worked more than a decade in advertising. In 1996, he published a first book for young people entitled ''Le Carrousel des mers''. Two years later appeared ''Pharricide'', a novel centered on a lighthouse keeper adept at taxidermy.
In 1999, the writer received a special mention of the
Prix Wepler for his novel ''Requiem pour un sauvage''. He evokes the
Chernobyl disaster in ''Le Paradis existe'' (2001), chronicle of a village in Ukraine.
He then tries to autofiction tinged with fantasy in ''Elle et moi'' (2005).
He was carried away by cancer at the age of 43.
Works
*1996: ''Le Carrousel des mers'', littérature jeunesse,
Éditions Gallimard
Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles.
Founded by Ga ...
*1998: ''Pharricide'', roman,
Calmann-Lévy
*1999: ''Requiem pour un sauvage'', novel, , Prix Wepler
*1999: ''La Chapelle aux oiseaux : conte de Noël'', novel, Éditions Pauvert
*1999: ''La Dernière corrida'', littérature jeunesse,
*1999: ''Le Cirque de la lune'', littérature jeunesse,
Gallimard Jeunesse
*2001: ''Le Paradis existe'', novel, Éditions Pauvert
*2002: ''Lynx'', novel,
Éditions Denoël
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*2003: ''Petit Bloï'', littérature jeunesse, Gallimard Jeunesse,
*2005: ''Elle est moi'', novel, éditions Denoël
*2005: ''Une photo de toi'', novel,
*2006: ''Journal d'un père'', autobiography,
Éditions Ramsay
*2007: ''Pharanoïa'', short stories, Éditions Denoël
Hommage
In 2006, the éditions Thierry Magnier created "Photo roman", a series in tribute to Vincent de Swart.
Notice de collection : Photo roman
BnF, accessdate 15 January 2017.
References
External links
Vincent de Swarte
on Babelio
Vincent de Swarte : im memoriam
on Le Littéraire.com (20 October 2012)
on ''L'Obs'' (27 April 2006)
on ''Le Monde
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'' (26 April 2006)
Vincent de Swarte
on Ricochet-jeunes
on Éditions Thierry Magnier
on '' L'Express'' (5 November 1998)
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20th-century French non-fiction writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
French children's writers
1963 births
2006 deaths
People from Montauban
Deaths from cancer in France