Jean-Claude Dunyach
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Jean-Claude Dunyach is a French science fiction
writer
.
and supercomputing. He works for Airbus
in Toulouse
in southwestern France.
Dunyach has been writing science fiction
since the beginning of the 1980s and has already published seven novel
s and eight collections of short stories
, garnering the French Science-Fiction award in 1983 and the Prix Rosny-Aîné
Awards in 1992, as well as the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire and the Prix Ozone in 1997.
His short story Déchiffrer la Trame (Unravelling the Thread) won both the Prix de l’Imaginaire and the Rosny Award in 1998, and was voted Best Story of the Year by the readers of the magazine Interzone
.
His latest novel, Etoiles Mourantes (Dying Stars), written in collaboration with the French author Ayerdhal
, won the prestigious Eiffel Tower
Award in 1999 as well as the Prix Ozone.
Dunyach’s works have been translated into English
, Bulgaria
n, Croatia
n, Danish
, Hungarian
, German
, Italian
, Russia
n and Spanish
.
Dunyach also writes lyrics for several French singers, which served as an inspiration for one of his novels about a rock and roll singer touring in Antarctica with a zombie philharmonic orchestra....
French science fiction
French science fiction is a substantial genre of French literature. It remains an active and productive genre which has evolved in conjunction with anglophone science fiction and other French and international literature....
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
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Overview
Dunyach has a Ph.D. in applied mathematicsMathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and supercomputing. He works for Airbus
Airbus
Airbus SAS is an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of EADS, a European aerospace company. Based in Blagnac, France, surburb of Toulouse, and with significant activity across Europe, the company produces around half of the world's jet airliners....
in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
in southwestern France.
Dunyach has been writing science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
since the beginning of the 1980s and has already published seven novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s and eight collections of short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...
, garnering the French Science-Fiction award in 1983 and the Prix Rosny-Aîné
Prix Rosny-Aîné
The Prix Rosny-Aîné is a literary prize for French science fiction. It has been awarded annually since 1980 in two categories: best novel and best short fiction.-Best Novel Winners:*1980 : Michel Jeury, for Le territoire humain...
Awards in 1992, as well as the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire and the Prix Ozone in 1997.
His short story Déchiffrer la Trame (Unravelling the Thread) won both the Prix de l’Imaginaire and the Rosny Award in 1998, and was voted Best Story of the Year by the readers of the magazine Interzone
Interzone (magazine)
Interzone is an award-winning British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, Interzone is the eighth longest-running science fiction magazine in history and the longest-running British SF magazine...
.
His latest novel, Etoiles Mourantes (Dying Stars), written in collaboration with the French author Ayerdhal
Ayerdhal
Ayerdhal , a French science fiction writer, was born 1959 in Lyon, France. He received the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 1993 for his novel Demain une oasis and is considered one of the leading names in the current generation of French science fiction authors...
, won the prestigious Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
Award in 1999 as well as the Prix Ozone.
Dunyach’s works have been translated into English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n, Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Hungarian
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n and Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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Dunyach also writes lyrics for several French singers, which served as an inspiration for one of his novels about a rock and roll singer touring in Antarctica with a zombie philharmonic orchestra....
In English
- In Medicis Gardens, in Full Spectrum 4, Bantam Spectra, New York, 1993
- The Dead Eye of the Camera, in Full Spectrum 5, Bantam Spectra, New York, 1995
- Unravelling the Thread, in Interzone 133, Brighton, UK, July 1998; reprinted in Year’s Best SF 4, HarperPrism, New York, 1999
- Come Into My Parlor, in Altair 1, Blackwood, SA, Australia, 1998
- Footprints in the Snow, in Interzone 150, Brighton, UK, December 1999
- Station of the Lamb, in Altair 6, Blackwood, SA, Australia, 2000
- All the Roads to Heaven, in Interzone 156, Brighton, UK, June 2000
- Orchids in the Night, in Interzone 160, Brighton, UK, October 2000
- Watch Me When I Sleep, appeared in Interzone 168, Brighton, UK, June 2001; reprinted in Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Tor Books, New York, 2002
- Enter the Worms, in On Spec, Volume 14, Number 2, Ed-monton, Canada, Summer 2002
- What the Dead Know, in On Spec, Volume 16, Number 1, Ed-monton, Canada, Spring 2004
- The Night Orchid: Conan Doyle in Toulouse, (collection of short stories) Black Coat Press, 2004 ISBN 0-9740711-7-X
- Separations, in The SFWA European Hall of Fame, Edited by James and Kathryn Morrow, Tor 2007
- The Thieves of Silence (collection of short stories) Black Coat Press, 2009 ISBN 1-934543-72-1
Literary prizes
- 1984 : Grand Prix de la science-fiction française, category short stories, for Les Nageurs de sable (Sandswimmers);
- 1992 : Prix Rosny aîné, category novels, for Étoiles mortes ;
- 1992 : Prix Rosny aîné, category short stories, for De l'autre côté de l'eau ;
- 1997 : Prix Ozone, category horror short stories, for Ce que savent les morts (What the dead know) ;
- 1998 : Grand Prix de l'ImaginaireGrand Prix de l'ImaginaireGrand Prix de l'Imaginaire is a French award for speculative fiction. It originally had the word "science fiction" in the name, but this has since been dropped.-French novel:* 1974 : Michel Jeury, Le Temps incertain...
, category short stories in French, for Déchiffrer la trame (Unravelling the thread) ; - 1998 : Prix Rosny aîné, category short stories, or Déchiffrer la trame (Unravelling the thread) ;
- 1999 : Prix Tour Eiffel de science-fiction, category novels, for Étoiles mourantes, written in collaboration with AyerdhalAyerdhalAyerdhal , a French science fiction writer, was born 1959 in Lyon, France. He received the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 1993 for his novel Demain une oasis and is considered one of the leading names in the current generation of French science fiction authors...
; - 2000 : Prix Ozone, category novels in French for Étoiles mourantes, written in collaboration with AyerdhalAyerdhalAyerdhal , a French science fiction writer, was born 1959 in Lyon, France. He received the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 1993 for his novel Demain une oasis and is considered one of the leading names in the current generation of French science fiction authors...
; - 2008 : Prix Rosny aîné, category short stories, for Repli sur soie ;