Summary
Jean-Christophe Valtat (born 1968) is a French writer and teacher. He was educated at École Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle. He has taught Comparative Literature at Blaise Pascal University in Clermont-Ferrand, and at Paul Valéry University in Montpellier, France, where he researches romantic, modern and contemporary literature, and the relationships between literature, science, technology and the media.
Jean-Christophe Valtat | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) |
| Occupation | Author, educator, actor, director |
| Language | French, English |
| Nationality | French |
| Citizenship | French |
| Education | École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle (PhD) |
| Notable awards | Fondation Beaumarchais-France Culture-Villa Médicis prize for La vie inimitable (2000); |
He is the author of the steampunk novels Aurorarama (2010),[1] and Luminous Chaos (2013)[2] published by Melville House. Aurorarama was short-listed for a Red Tentacle Kitschie in 2010, and nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2011. He also authored two other novels, Exes, and 03,[3] which famous literary critic James Wood picked as one of the best books of 2010, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and a book of short stories, Album. He has also written the award-winning radio play La vie inimitable[4] and a movie Augustine (2003),[5] which he also co-directed.
Notes edit
- ^ Aurorarama. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ Luminous Chaos, Book Two in The Mysteries of New Venice series. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ Wallace-Wells, David (26 July 2010), "Jean-Christophe Valtat, 03", The Paris Review Daily, retrieved 27 January 2014
- ^ "Jean-Christophe Valtat". French Embassy in the United States. Cultural Services. October 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Augustine Archived 3 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine (2003)
Published reviews edit
- James Wood (30 August 2010). "Take a Girl Like You. Desire and despair in Jean-Christophe Valtat's English-language début.". The New Yorker. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- Jessa Crispin (10 September 2010). "Sly, Sinister 'Aurorarama': An Arctic Utopia In Peril". NPR. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- Emma Garman (August 2010). "Jean-Christophe Valtat's "03"". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 8 November 2020.