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Jean-Philippe Devise (* 1960 in Périgueux , France ) is a French writer who writes in German .
Life
Shortly after his birth, his parents separated and he grew up briefly with his paternal grandparents in Mussidan in the Dordogne. He spent his childhood in Antony, Sceaux, Bourg-la-Reine and Arles up to the age of about 13 years. By 1978 he graduated from the Lycée Pasteur in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris. He has lived in Germany since 1987, is married and has two daughters. In 1996 Jean-Philippe Devise founded his own language school in Spirkelbach , Rhineland-Palatinate , where he still teaches French today. To date, the writer Jean-Philippe Devise has published nine books through his own Eligia Goroncy publishing house.
Publications
- A bike ride and other stories. Stories. Eligia Goroncy Publishing House, 1994.
- The child trial. Novel. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 1995, ISBN 3-931063-01-1 .
- Today the sun will surely defeat the fog. Stories. Plöger Verlag, 1998.
- Over and over. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-931063-02-X .
- Much life, little death. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-931063-03-0 .
- Jens, the little artist. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-931063-05-4 .
- The cat elephant on my shoulder. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-931063-06-1 .
- Love dialogues (stories). Stories. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-931063-07-8 .
- The little book for car crazy people (three stories about the automobile). Stories. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-931063-08-5 .
- A detour and other stories - Un détour et autres histoires. Short stories - Nouvelles. Eligia Goroncy Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-931063-09-2 .
theatre
- An attempt to make amends. Play. World premiere in Germersheim, 1999.
Awards
- Winner of the 1st Gerty Spies Literature Prize of the State Agency for Political Education, 1997.
- Laureate of the Rhineland-Palatinate Literature Days 2003 with setting of the story Die Temptation (symphonic poem for large orchestra, composer Prof. Hans-Peter Dott, conductor Israel Yinon)
- 2nd prize in the American international competition "Write Movies 2004"
Web links
- Official website
- Literature by and about Jean-Philippe Devise in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Motto, Jean-Philippe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer in German |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Périgueux , France |