Fabrice Colin (born 6 July 1972, in
Paris
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) is a French writer of fantasy, science fiction, and magic realism for adults and children.
Early life
Colin and his family lived in
Boumerdès
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,
Algeria
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from 1976 to 1978.
Career
Colin has been awarded the
Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire four times, including for his 2003 novel ''Dreamericana''.
, writing in ''
Le Monde
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'', described him as "l'un des quatre mousquetaires de la jeune fantasy française" (one of the four
Muskeeters of young French fantasy), and said of ''Les Enfants de la Lune'' that "Le lecteur aura bien du mal à oublier celui que Fabrice Colin a imaginé, comme il aura du mal à oublier ces Enfants de la lune qui nous laissent au coeur une tenace sensation de perte" (The reader will have a hard time forgetting what Fabrice Colin imagined, just as he will have a hard time forgetting these Children of the Moon who leave us with a persistent feeling of loss in our hearts).
''Les Enfants de la Lune'' was awarded the Prix de la PEEP.
Selected works
* ', with (1999)
* ''Les Enfants de la Lune'' (2001)
* ''Dreamericana'' (2003)
* Writer for the comic book series ''
The Chimera Brigade'' (2009-10)
* ', trilogy (2009, 2010)
* ''En moi le ciel et la terre'' (2024), novel about
References
External links
Interview (In French)Official website
1972 births
French science fiction writers
Living people
French male novelists
Writers from Paris
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