Richard Canal
Richard Canal (born on August 16, 1953 in Tarascon-sur-Ariège , Département Ariège ) is a French writer and computer scientist . He is known as an author of science fiction , whose works have been awarded the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and the Prix Rosny aîné , among others .
Life
Canal received his doctorate in 1978 with a thesis on the complexity of combinatorial logic at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse . Since then he has been a lecturer in computer science specializing in artificial intelligence , multi-agent systems and genetic algorithms . Teaching assignments in Asia and Africa led to stays in Vietnam and Laos and Senegal , Cameroon and Tunisia for several years .
In 1982 Canal published a first SF short story Préméditation in Extraordinaire magazine . In 1986 the first novel La Malédiction de l'éphémère was published by La Découverte . In 1986 he won the price of the Franco-Canadian SF magazine Solaris for his story CHOIX . In 1994 and 1995 the second and third volumes of the Africain novel trilogy were awarded the Prix Rosny aîné. The trilogy appeared in J'ai lu's science fiction series, with cover art by Caza .
In 1998, Canals' first detective novel La Route de Mandalay appeared , which, like the following , is attributed to the French tradition of Roman noir . Cyberdanse macabre followed in 1999 as part of a series of scientific thrillers by various authors with the common protagonist Mark Sidzik. Gandhara was last published in 2018 . L'équilibre du has been announced for 2019 .
Canal's novels have been translated into Romanian and Bulgarian . German translations are not available.
Awards
- 1986 Prix Solaris for the story CHOIX
- 1989 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for the story Étoile
- 1994 Prix Rosny aîné for the novel Ombres blanches
- 1995 Prix Rosny aîné for the novel Aube noire
bibliography
- Animamea (series of novels)
- 1 Les Ambulances du rêve (1987)
- 2 La Légende étoilée (1987)
- 3 Les Voix grises du monde gris (1987)
- Africain (series of novels)
- 1 swap swap (1990)
- 2 ombres blanches (1993)
- 3 aube noire (1994)
- Novels
- La Malédiction de l'éphémère (1986)
- Villes-vertige (1988)
- La Guerre en ce jardin (1991)
- Le Cimetière des papillons (1994)
- Les Paradis piégés (1997)
- La Route de Mandalay (crime thriller; 1998)
- Cyberdanse macabre (crime story ; 1999)
- L'Ombre du Che (2000)
- Animamea (2003)
- La Légende des Frahmabores ( Deloria # 1; 2006)
- Gandhara (crime novel; 2018)
- L'équilibre du mal (crime thriller; 2019, announced)
- stories
- Préméditation (1982)
- Auto-regulation (1983)
- Contribution à l'étude des répercussions névrotiques de l'univers concentrationnaire sur l'individu (1983)
- Deux silhouettes sur un mur de gaufrettes (1983)
- Le Cœur fracassé (1983)
- Radiation blues (1983)
- Te souviens-tu de Rosa? (1983)
- Le Passé comme une corde around de notre cou (1984)
- Les Risques du Métier (1984)
- Un si joli puits (1984)
- Délivrance (1985)
- Ton linceul sera de sable (1985)
- CHOIX (1986)
- Comme un gosse qui entend craquer le monde (1986)
- Le Dernier village (1986)
- The Sentier of the Desert (1986)
- Étoile (1988)
- Le lac des cygnes (1990)
- Mille Soleils (1990)
- Sur les rives de la mémoire (1990)
- Petit Paul, Petit Jean et mon oncle (1991)
- VilleDieu (1991, with Jean-Claude Dunyach )
- Crever les yeux de Dieu (1993)
- Les Heureux damnés (1996)
- Les Grenats et les Anges (1997)
- http: //www.starsong.cs (1997)
- Dernier embarquement pour Cythère (1998)
- Le Souffleur de rêves (1998, with Noé Gaillard)
- Les Aelhömin (1999, with Alexis Ulrich)
- Potemkine (1999)
- Moi, le maudit (2000)
- Souvenirs d'un spiritkiller (2000)
- Délire psycho: pour Roland (2001)
- Les enfants du chaos (2003)
- Le Secret de madame Hargreaves (2004)
- Ukiyo-e (2004)
- Le Dieu mécanique (2005)
- Elric et l'enfant du futur (2006)
- Les Clones rêvent-ils de Dolly? (2008)
- Anastasia (2009)
- Non-fiction
- Complexité de la réduction en logique combinatoire (dissertation, 1978)
Web links
- Richard Canal on nooSFere (French)
- Richard Canal in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Richard Canal at Open Library
- Richard Canal on LibraryThing (English)
- Richard Canal on Goodreads.com (English)
- Richard Canal on the Bobi One website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Canal, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer and computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tarascon-sur-Ariege , France |