Henri Lœvenbruck
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Paris, France
Henri Lœvenbruck | |
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 Henri Lœvenbruck at Quais du Polar in March 2010. | |
| Born | March 21, 1972 Paris, France |
| Occupation | Writer, singer, composer |
| Language | French |
Henri Lœvenbruck (born 21 March 1972) is a French writer, singer and composer. An author of thrillers, adventures and fantasy, his work is translated in more than fifteen languages. As a singer-songwriter, he writes songs for himself and other French artists.
He is of Austrian and German origin.
After a childhood shared between the 11th arrondissement of Paris and the England, Henri Lœvenbruck passed a khâgne (second year of preparatory course for arts section of the ENS school) at the Lycée Chaptal in Paris. He passed a master's degree in English at the Sorbonne, then he embarked on journalism[1] and music. He published his first novel in 1998 at éditions Baleine, as Philippe Machine, his pen name. 300,000 copies of his trilogy La Moïra (published between 2001 and 2003) are sold including all editions. It was translated in more than twelve languages.[2] Next, he began to write thrillers with the Flammarion editor where he met again success,[3] especially with the Ari Mackenzie serie, in which an awful small duck from the French secret service, allows him to condemn drifts done by big NGO in Africa.[4]
In the 1990s, Henri Lœvenbruck sang and played Hammond organ into various parisian rock groups. At the beginning of 2008, after having written songs for other artists (such as Kelks), he decided to return on the stage to show a dozen of protest songs. In 2009, he participated, as a translator[5] and chorister, at the album Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise[6] from his friend Renaud.[7] In 2009, he recorded a mini LP,[8] with Vincent-Marie Bouvot. From 2013 to 2015, he joined the rock group Freelers,[9] which makes numerous concerts in French festivals, and in which he plays keyboard Hammond organ.
He is a member of the artist community La Ligue de l'Imaginaire.
In July 2011, he was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.[10]
