François Garde
François Garde (* 1959 in Le Cannet , Alpes-Maritimes department , France ) is a French author and a senior civil servant .
Life
After graduating from the École nationale d'administration in 1984 , Garde went to New Caledonia in the Pacific as Deputy Secrétaire général and worked there from 1991 to 1993. From 2000 to 2004 he was the Supreme Administrator (Administrateur supérieur) of the French terres australes et antarctiques . He returned to New Caledonia in 2009 for one year as a general secretary. Since then he has been Vice President of the Administrative Court in Dijon in Burgundy and then of the Administrative Court in Grenoble .
Garde began writing at the age of forty and has published various non-fiction books and two novels since 2003. Two of his works have since been published in German.
Publications
- Les Institutions de la Nouvelle-Calédonie . Éditions L'Harmattan, "Mondes Océaniens" collection, Paris 2003, ISBN 2-7475-1064-6 .
- Paul-Émile Victor et la France de l'Antarctique . Louis Audibert Éditions, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-84749-067-1 .
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La Balaine dans tous ses états . Editions Gallimard, «Blanche» collections, Paris 2015, ISBN 978-2-07-014865-3 .
- German by Thomas Schultz: The laugh of the whales. An oceanic journey . Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-68957-4 .
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Ce qu'il advint du sauvage blanc . Editions Gallimard, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-07-013662-9 .
- German: What happened to the white savage . Beck, Munich, ISBN 978-3-406-66304-8 .
- Pour trois couronnes . Editions Gallimard, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-07-014187-6 .
Prizes and awards
- 2012: Prix Goncourt du premier roman for Ce qu'il advint du sauvage blanc .
- 2012: Grand prix Jean-Giono for the same novel.
- 2012: Prix Edmée-de-la-Rochefoucauld ditto.
- 2012: Prix Emmanuel-Roblès ditto.
- 2012: Prix Amerigo-Vespucci ditto.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guard, François |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Guard, Francois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author and civil servant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Le Cannet , Alpes-Maritimes department |