Jean-Christophe Valtat (born 1968) is a French writer and teacher. He was educated at

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and the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle. He has taught

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Blaise Pascal University Blaise Pascal University (), also known as Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand II, was a public university with its main campus in Clermont-Ferrand, France, with satellite locations in other parts of the region of Auvergne, including Vi ...

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, and at Paul Valéry University in

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, France, where he researches romantic, modern and contemporary literature, and the relationships between literature, science, technology and the media. He is the author of the

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novels ''Aurorarama'' (2010), and ''Luminous Chaos'' (2013) published by Melville House. ''Aurorarama'' was short-listed for a Red Tentacle Kitschie in 2010, and nominated for the

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in 2011. He also authored two other novels, ''Exes'', and ''03'', which famous literary critic James Wood picked as one of the best books of 2010, published by

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, and a book of short stories, ''Album''. He has also written the award-winning radio play ''La vie inimitable'' and a movie ''Augustine'' (2003),''Augustine''
(2003) which he also co-directed.

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