Michel Demuth
Michel Demuth (born July 17, 1939 in Lyon ; died September 29, 2006 in Paris ) was a French science fiction author, editor and translator.
Life
In 1958 Demuth published a first SF short story (Marginal II) . This was followed by a cycle of space opera stories, which were collected in two volumes as Les Galaxiales in 1976 and 1979 . Outside of this series, he has published over 50 short stories. Of his work, only the short story Céphéide has been translated into German. A number of his stories also appeared under the pseudonym Jean-Michel Ferrer .
Demuth translated English science fiction into French, especially several volumes of the Dune cycle by Frank Herbert and three volumes of the Dune sequels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson , as well as Arthur C. Clarkes 2001 - A Space Odyssey .
He also wrote the script for two comic albums by the cartoonist Philippe Druillet .
From 1970 to 1977 he was editor of the science fiction magazine Galaxie , which was published by Éditions OPTA . From 1970 to 1972 he was also in charge of the Alfred Hitchcock magazine published by the same publisher, and from 1973 to 1977 he published a series of 15 SF anthologies under the title Marginal .
In 1977 he was awarded the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Les Galaxiales . In 2007 he was posthumously awarded the Prix du Lundi .
bibliography
- Collections
- Les Galaxiales, Tome 1 (1976)
- Les Galaxiales, Tome 2 (1979)
- Les Années métalliques (1977)
- La Clé des étoiles (1977)
- comics
- with Philippe Druillet: La Saga d'Elric le nécromancien (1971)
- with Philippe Druillet: Yragaël ou la Fin des temps (1974)
- Short stories
- Marginal II (1958)
- Le retour de Yerkov (1958)
- La troisième puissance (1959)
- Niralia (1959)
- Dynasty (1959)
- Translator (1959)
- Mnémonique (1959)
- Les années métalliques (1959)
- Les climats (1959)
- Fonction (1959)
- La clé des étoiles (1960)
- La ville entrevue (1960)
- F comme laboratoire (1960)
- La pluie de l'après-midi (1960)
- Projet Information (1961)
- La route de Driegho (1961)
- ... qui revient d'une longue chasse (1962)
- L'automne incendié (1962)
- Les huit fontaines (1963)
- Lune de feu (1963)
- L'homme de l'été (1963)
- La bataille d'Ophiuchus (1964)
- Les jardins de Ménastrée (1964)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: … en beauté (1964)
- À l'est du Cygne (1964)
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Céphéide (1964)
- German: Ein Cepheide. Translated by Otto Martin. In: Jörg Weigand (Hrsg.): The voice of the wolf: Science fiction stories from France. Heyne SF&F # 3482, 1976, ISBN 3-453-30361-X . Further edition in: Bernhard Thieme (ed.): The planet with the seven masks: Utopian stories from France. New Life (Bazaar), 1979.
- Le jour de justice (1964) only appeared as:
- Nocturne pour demons (1964)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: … et jeune à nouveau (1964)
- L'empereur, le servile et l'enfer (1964)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Fin de contact (1965)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Une vie alternative (1965)
- Miracle d'une nuit d'été (1965) only appeared as:
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Blanchitude (1965)
- Le monde terne de Sébastien Search (1965)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Trêve en 2090 (1967)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Intervention sur Halme (1967)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Journal d'un ambassadeur malheureux (1967)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Yargla (1969)
- as Jean-Michel Ferrer: Décennat (1969)
- Sur le monde penché ... (1975)
- Aux Tortues (1977)
- L'hymne au défenseur (1977)
- Mon doux central (1977)
- Trauma blues (1977)
- Sigmaringen (1982)
- Exit on Passeig de Gracia (1999)
- A Mélodie pour toujours (2002)
- Dans le ressac electromagnétique (2002)
- Sous le portail de l'ange (2002)
- The Fullerton incident (2003)
- Jérôme et la nymphette (2007)
- Yragaël ou la fin des temps (2007)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 122.
Web links
- Michel Demuth in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Michel Demuth , entry in noosfere.org (French), accessed on January 7, 2018
- Works by and about Michel Demuth at Open Library
- Portrait d'un homme-orchester , interview by Richard Comballot with Michel Demuth from 2001 (French), accessed on January 7, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Humility, Michel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ferrer, Jean-Michel (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French science fiction writer, editor and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 2006 |
| Place of death | Paris |