François Angelier

François Angelier in March 2010

François Angelier (born 22 August 1958) is a French journalist, presenter, essayist, biographer and author of fantasy novels.

Biography

Angelier's early discovery of Wilfred Owen, Claude Seignolle, Michel de Ghelderode, Wolfgang Kubin, Gustav Meyrink and especially Jean Ray fired his interest in mauvais genres. After studying in Paris and a short time with a theatre troupe, Angelier made his radio debut in 1981 with a programme on H.P. Lovecraft. With Emmanuel Laurentin and Jean-Christophe Ogier, he launched Bande à Parte on the French radio station France Culture in summer 1991—a programme dedicated to fantasy, fiction and comic books.

Awards

• Prix du Roman, Fantastic'Arts, Gérardmer 2001 for Le Templier.

Bibliography

Novel

• Le Templier (Masque GF, 2001)

Anthologies

• La Nuit (Éd. J. Million, 1995)
• La Salette : apocalypse, pèlerinage et littérature (1856–1996) (Éd. J. Million, 2000, with Claude Langlois).

Essays, Biographies

• Le Drageoir aux épines ou l'intime souffrance de Joris-Karl Huysmans (1993) ;
• Saint François de Sales ou Monsieur des abeilles (Pygmalion "Chemins d’éternité", 1997) ;
• Paul Claudel : chemins d'éternité (Pygmalion "Chemins d’éternité", 2001) ;
• Claudel ou la conversion sauvage (Salvator "Juste un débat", 2003) ;
• Dictionnaire Jules Verne (Pygmalion, 2006).

External links

• (in French) Site de l'émission Mauvais Genres sur France Culture
• (in French) F. Angelier sur le site etonnants-voyageurs