Joëlle Wintrebert
Joëlle Wintrebert (born September 29, 1949 in Toulon , Var department ) is a French writer. She is known as the author of science fiction , fantasy and fantasy , but also of crime and historical novels . She won the prestigious Prix Rosny aîné science fiction prize three times and was awarded the Prix Cyrano in 2017 for her life's work .
Life
Wintrebert studied film and literature at the University of Paris VIII , where she graduated with a diploma in 1971 ( License de Cinéma ) and 1972 ( License de Lettres ). In 1975 she was the managing editor of Horizons du Fantastique magazine . From 1975 to 1981 she worked as a journalist for various magazines, including Fiction , L'Inconnu , for the French editions of Creepy and Vampirella , for L'Écho des Savanes , Le Photographe and Lumière . From 1983 to 1997 she wrote an SF section for the comic magazine (à suivre) .
From 1975 onwards, Wintrebert published his first SF stories, initially in Argon magazine . With the story La Créode , she won the Prix Rosny aîné for the first time in 1980. In 1980 her first novel Les Olympiades truquées appeared , which was also awarded the Prix Rosny aîné. The novel describes a world where cloning is commonplace and doping is mandatory for athletes. This is where the paths of the exceptional swimmer Sphyrène and Maël cross, who slowly realizes that she is the clone of her dead mother. Her novel Bébé-miroir (1988) takes up the subject again.
Awards
- 1980 Prix Rosny aîné for the story La Créode
- 1988 Prix Rosny aîné for the novel Les Olympiades truquées
- 1989 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for the novel Le Créateur chimérique
- 2003 Prix Rosny aîné for the novel Pollen
- 2010 Prix Bob Morane for the story La Déesse noire et le diable blond
- 2017 Prix Cyrano
bibliography
- Novels
- Les Olympiades truquées (1980, SF)
- Les Maîtres-feu (1982, SF)
- Chromoville (1983, SF)
- Les Gladiateurs de Thulé (1983, SF)
- Bébé-miroir (1988, SF)
- Le Créateur chimérique (1988, SF)
- Comme un feu de sarments (1990, also as Le vin de la colère , historical novel)
- Les Diables blancs (1993, historical novel)
- La Colonie perdue (1998, historical novel)
- Lentement s'empoisonnent (1999, thriller)
- Pollen (2002, SF)
- Le Canari fantôme (2005, Fantastik)
- Les Amazones de Bohême (2006, historical novel)
- La Chambre de sable (2008)
- Youth literature
- Nunatak (1983)
- Kidnapping en télétrans (1984, illustrated by Yves Chaland)
- La Fille de Terre Deux (1987, illustrated by Sylvain Savoia)
- L'Océanide (1992)
- Les Ouraniens de Brume (1996, illustrated by Bruno Pilorget)
- Le Roi des limaces (1999, illustrated by Pierre Fouillet)
- Un Prince pour Ioan (2003, illustrated by François Bouët)
- Collections
- Hurle handles (1996)
- La Créode et autres récits (2009)
- Stories and short stories
- Comment en finir avec sa conscience (1975)
- La Main (1975)
- Optimum avec Optima (1977)
- Qui sème le temps récolte la tempête (1977)
- Il ne faut pas jouer avec les enfants (1978)
- Le plaisir de la marche (1978)
- La Créode (1979)
- Le Nirvâna des Accalmeurs (1979)
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Le Verbiage du Verbic ou Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'un chercheur (1979)
- English: The Tangle of the Verbik or Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Researcher. In: Jörg Weigand (Hrsg.): Permit to die. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6737), 1984, ISBN 3-8118-6737-7 .
- Et après? (1980)
-
Sans appel (1980)
- German: In the last instance. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Menagerie of Babel. Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4920, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05842-9 .
- Tristes tropismes (1980)
- Métro Boulot Psycho (1981)
- Hétéros et Thanatos (1982)
- Gribouille, arrête de secouer la maison! (1983)
- Hurle handles (1983)
- Science fiction - Quelques définitions (1983, with Henri Lehalle)
- Fontaraigne (1984)
- Kidnapping en télétrans (1984)
- Le miroir magique (1984)
- ET rue Pharaon (1986)
- Le Fruit de mes entrailles (1986)
- Transfusion (1988)
- Victoire (1992)
- Alien Bise (1994)
- L'Oeil rouge du coutelier (1995)
- Les Esthètes (1996)
- La Bataille du dictionnaire (1998)
- La Fiancée du Roi (1998)
- Le Ciboire (1998)
- Phéromones (1998)
- Imago (1999)
- La Fille Lune (1999)
- Renaissance (1999)
- Avatar (2000)
- L'Oasis (2000)
- La Femme est l'avenir de l'homme (2000)
- La Journée de la guerre (2000)
- La Voix you sang (2000)
- La Proie (2001)
- Pure esprit (2001)
- Arthro (2005)
- Cendres (2005)
- Invasive Evasion (2005)
- Hydra (2006)
- Slam party débusquée par la brigade anti-criminalité (2007)
- Camélions (2009)
- La Déesse noire et le diable blond (2009)
- Larme de laine (2009)
- L'Enfant du lignage (2012)
- Le Don des Chimères (2014)
- Satanées visites (2015)
- Couvées de filles (2019)
- Others
- Il est des rivages languides ... (1975, poems)
- Amazones (1996, with drawings by Caza )
- Le Languedoc Roussillon (1997, poems and photos)
- Voyage en Domitienne (1999, play)
- L'Amie-nuit (2010, with Henri Lehalle, texts and photos)
- GALAXIES (2017, poems)
- Anthologies (as editor)
- Univers 1983 (1983)
- Univers 1984 (1984)
- Univers 1985 (1985)
- Petite anthologie du fantastique (1997)
- Petite anthologie de la science-fiction (2001)
literature
- Olivier Girard, Jacques Barbéri (eds.): Dossier Joëlle Wintrebert. Special edition of Bifrost # 44 (October 2006), ISBN 978-2-913039-41-4 .
- Dossier: Joëlle Wintrebert. Special edition of Galaxies, nouvelle série # 19 (September 2012), ISBN 978-2-914590-36-5 .
Web links
- Joëlle Wintrebert in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Joëlle Wintrebert at Open Library
- Joëlle Wintrebert , official website
- Joëlle Wintrebert on LibraryThing (English)
- Joëlle Wintrebert on Goodreads.com (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wintrebert, Joëlle |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toulon , Var department |