Alain Defossé

Alain Defossé (11 February 1957 – 14 May 2017) was a French novelist and translator.

Alain Defossé
Alain Defossé in 2014
Born11 February 1957
Nantes, France
Died14 May 2017(2017-05-14) (aged 60)
Paris, France
Alma materCours Florent
OccupationNovelist, translator

Early life

Alain Defossé was born on 11 February 1957 in Nantes.[1][2][3] He studied at the Cours Florent.[2]

Career

Defossé authored nine novels. His first novel, Les fourmis d'Anvers, was published in 1991.[2] He also translated several books from English into French.[2] For example, he translated Crazy Cock by Henry Miller in 1990.[2] He also translated American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis in 1993.[2] In 2006, he translated The Night Watch by Sarah Waters.[2] Two years later, in 2008, he translated Rant by Chuck Palahniuk.[2] Other novelists whose work he translated are Irvine Welsh and Joseph Connolly.[3]

Death

Defossé died on 14 May 2017 in Paris.[2][3]

Works

Novels
  • Defossé, Alain (1991). Les fourmis d'Anvers. Paris: Salvy. ISBN 9782905899200. OCLC 781205279.
  • Defossé, Alain (1996). Retour à la ville. Paris: Salvy.
  • Defossé, Alain (2000). Dimanche au Mont Valérien. Nantes: Joca seria. ISBN 9782908929737. OCLC 45647184.
  • Defossé, Alain (2004). Dans la douceur du soir. Paris: PARC. ISBN 9782912010216. OCLC 470117289.
  • Defossé, Alain (2006). Chien de cendres. Paris: Éditions du Panama. ISBN 9782755701234. OCLC 470515837.
  • Defosse, Alain (2007). L'Homme en habit. Monaco: Éditions du Rocher.
  • Defosse, Alain (2011). Mes inconnues : Solange, Denise, Mado. Paris: Phébus. ISBN 9782752904942. OCLC 697265036.
  • Defosse, Alain (2012). On ne tue pas les gens. Paris: Flammarion. ISBN 9782081255852. OCLC 785327115.
  • Defosse, Alain (2015). Effraction. Paris: Fayard. ISBN 9782213687025. OCLC 976502106.

References
  1. "Defossé, Alain". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. Lacour, Cécilia (16 May 2017). "Décès de l'écrivain et traducteur Alain Defossé". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. "Nécrologie L'écrivain et traducteur Alain Defossé est décédé". Presse-Océan (in French). 15 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.


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