Philippe Morvan

Philippe Morvan
Philippe Morvan in South Africa
Born (1962-11-10) November 10, 1962 (age 63)
Clermont-Ferrand
Occupationshospital pharmacist, novelist
Writing career
Pen nameSamuel Gance
LanguageFrench
Notable workOurs (2018)

Philippe Morvan, alias Samuel Gance (born November 10, 1962 in Clermont-Ferrand), is a French writer who lives in Reunion Island and South Africa. [1]

Career

Originally from Auvergne, son of Yves Morvan, [2] he first published a work for the Bibliothèque Verte Collection in Hachette Editions in 1981. [3][4] He graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Clermont-Ferrand [5] and went to work in Italy then at Réunion in 1990[6] as a hospital pharmacist.[7] He gives up writing until 2013, then he releases a first novel under the pseudonym of Samuel Gance. In 2018 he was noticed by Caroline Lépée, the publisher of Guillaume Musso, [8][9] and published under his real name a first novel with Calmann-Lévy editions, entitled Ours (Bear).[10] a story inspired by the life of one of his ancestors, Anton Docher, adventurer, missionary and friend of the Indians.[11] He lives part of the year in Marloth Park in South Africa,[12] where he wrote the novel Les fils du Ciel (The Sons of Heaven) in 2021 which tells the story of a young half-breed enlisted in the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer wars of the 19th century.[13][14][15][16][17]

Novels

Under the name of Philippe Morvan

  • Le Triomphe des animaux. Bibliothèque verte (in French). Paris: Hachette. 1981. ISBN 978-2-0100-8028-9.
  • Ours. Paris: Calmann-Lévy. 2018. ISBN 978-2-7021-6353-5..[18][19], republished in the Reader's Digest in october 2020
  • Les Fils du Ciel (in French). Paris: Calmann-Lévy. 2021. ISBN 978-2-7021-6742-7., shortlisted for the Prix du roman métis des lecteurs 2021.[20][21][22]
  • L’envol du papangue (in French). Saint-Denis: Orphie. 2024. ISBN 979-1-0-2980-7015..[23]

Under the name of Samuel Gance

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Le Quotidien de La Réunion, La terre promise n’existe pas, Stéphanie Buttard, 29 mars 2021
  2. ^ Centre France, Les fils du ciel, Pascale Fauriaux, 9 avril 2021.
  3. ^ La Montagne, Père auvergnat et indien Tiwa, Sophie Leclanché, 21 juin 2013.
  4. ^ Nature writing, "Ours" de Philippe Morvan, Frédéric Combe, ChArc magazine n°57, janvier 2019, p.92-93
  5. ^ Le Populaire du Centre, Sur les traces d'un aïeul indien de cœur, Hélène Pommier, 01 septembre 2013.[1]
  6. ^ Journal de l'île de La Réunion, Marine Dusigne, « Les fils du ciel » de Philippe Morvan, journal du 21 et 22 mars 2021
  7. ^ France Inter, le 5-7 de Mathilde Munos [2]
  8. ^ Voir sur livreshebdo.fr.
  9. ^ Voir sur lexpress.fr
  10. ^ Nous deux magazine 20-26 april 2021, Au cœur de la destinée, p.5[3]
  11. ^ Le Quotidien de la Réunion, Un Ours à plume(s), Stéphanie Buttard, 18 novembre 2018
  12. ^ Le Quotidien de la Réunion,La terre promise n’existe pas, Stéphanie Buttard, 29 mars 2021
  13. ^ Femme Actuelle, june 2021, Sangs mêlés, p.95
  14. ^ "Les Mots, Des Livres !" du 10 avril 2021, Laurence Ducournau, idFM Radio Enghien
  15. ^ Mémento (magazine) n° 503, april 2021
  16. ^ Les Affiches d'Alsace et de Lorraine - Les Affiches Moniteur, n°21, 12 march 2021, literary chronicle of Geneviève Senger
  17. ^ La Nouvelle République[4]
  18. ^ Antenne Réunion, Parlons de vous, Philippe Morvan[5]
  19. ^ Le Mauricien, Un Ours au soleil, déc 2018
  20. ^ Livres Hebdo[6]
  21. ^ La Réunion des Livres [7]
  22. ^ Les Ultramarins, Le Grand Prix du Roman Métis dévoile ses finalistes 2021 [8]
  23. ^ zinfos974, rentrée littéraire : l’envol du papangue, un roman noir de Philippe Morvan[9]
  24. ^ Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Settlers of the American West: The Lives of 231 Notable Pioneers, 2015, p. 49

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