Patrick Deville

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Patrick Deville
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Born (1957-12-14) 14 December 1957 (age 64)
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Loire-Atlantique
Occupationwriter
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
Alma mater University of Nantes

Patrick Deville (born 14 December 1957 in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins) is a French writer.

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Life

After studying comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Nantes, Deville lived in the Middle East, Nigeria and Algeria. In the 1990s, he travelled frequently to Cuba and Uruguay.

In 1996, he created the literary review Meet.

In 2011, the editors of Lire magazine selected Kampuchea as the best French novel of the year.

In 2012, his novel Plague and Cholera (based on the life of the bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin) was one of the most discussed books of the literary season. It was a finalist for several French prizes, and received both the Fnac Prize and the Prix Femina. [1]

His books have been translated into a dozen languages.[ citation needed ]

Works

Notes and references

  1. Nicolas Ungemuth (7 September 2012). "Patrick Deville : le monde lui appartient" [Patrick Deville: the world belonhs to him]. Le Figaro (in French).
    - "Patrick Deville, couronné par le Femina pour "Peste & Choléra"" [Patrick Deville, crowned by Femina forr "Peste & Choléra"]. Le Monde (in French). 5 November 2012.
  2. Laure Amblesec. "Amazonia : la magie du tapis volant" [Amazonia : the magic of the flying carpet]. Actualitte (in French). Retrieved 14 October 2019.



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