Alain Dorémieux (born

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

15 August 1933; died Paris, 26 July 1998) was a French

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and

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. He is best known as the editor for more than 20 years of ''Fiction'' (French edition of

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), the leading journal of

and

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in France until 1990.Tuck, "''Fiction''", p. 562. Dorémieux has published under various

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s: Gilbert Atlante, Luc Vigan (with Gérard Klein and

André Ruellan André Ruellan (7 August 1922 – 10 November 2016) was a French science fiction and horror writer who has also used the pseudonym of ''Kurt Steiner'', ''Kurt Wargar'' and ''André Louvigny''. Overview Among the best authors published by th ...

), Monique Dorian (a pseudonym shared with his wife Monique), and

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matic

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s Daniel Meauroix and Alex Dieumorain for his translations. His critical work has often been published under the pseudonym of Serge-André Bertrand. A

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for the first publication of young writers of science fiction was established in 2000 that bears Dorémieux's name.

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* 1933 births French science fiction writers 1998 deaths Writers from Paris 20th-century French translators 20th-century French novelists French male novelists 20th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers {{France-writer-stub