Vincent de Swarte


Vincent de Swarte was a French writer author of varied novels ranging from books for youth to crime fictions.

Biography

After studying political science in Bordeaux, he worked more than a decade in advertising. In 1996, he published a first book for young people entitled Le Carrousel des mers. Two years later appeared Pharricide, a novel centered on a lighthouse keeper adept at taxidermy.
In 1999, the writer received a special mention of the Prix Wepler for his novel Requiem pour un sauvage. He evokes the Chernobyl disaster in Le Paradis existe, chronicle of a village in Ukraine.
He then tries to autofiction tinged with fantasy in Elle et moi.
He was carried away by cancer at the age of 43.

Works

In 2006, the éditions Thierry Magnier created "Photo roman", a series in tribute to Vincent de Swart.