Jean-Christophe Valtat

Jean-Christophe Valtat, born 1968, is a French writer and teacher. He was educated at École Normale Supérieure and the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle. He has taught Comparative Literature at Blaise Pascal University in Clermont-Ferrand, and at Paul Valéry University in Montpellier, France, where he researches romantic, modern and contemporary literature, and the relationships between literature, science, technology and the media.

Jean-Christophe Valtat
Born1968
OccupationAuthor, educator, actor, director
LanguageFrench, English
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrench
EducationÉcole Normale Supérieure, University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle (PhD)
Notable awardsFondation Beaumarchais-France Culture-Villa Médicis prize for La vie inimitable (2000);

He is the author of the steampunk novels Aurorarama (2010),[1] and Luminous Chaos (2013)[2] published by Melville House. Aurorarama was short-listed for a Red Tentacle Kitschie in 2010, and nominated for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2011. He also authored two other novels, Exes, and 03,[3] which famous literary critic James Wood picked as one of the best books of 2010, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and a book of short stories, Album. He has also written the award-winning radio play La vie inimitable[4] and a movie Augustine (2003),[5] which he also co-directed.

Notes
  1. Aurorarama. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. Luminous Chaos, Book Two in The Mysteries of New Venice series. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. Wallace-Wells, David (26 July 2010), "Jean-Christophe Valtat, 03", The Paris Review Daily, retrieved 27 January 2014
  4. French Embassy in the United States (12–29 October 2013). "Jean-Christophe Valtat". Newsgroup: Culture French Culture Check |newsgroup= value (help). Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  5. Augustine (2003)
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