Philippe Morvan
French writer
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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]
Philippe Morvan | |
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Philippe Morvan in South Africa | |
| Born | November 10, 1962 |
| Pen name | Samuel Gance |
| Occupation | hospital pharmacist, novelist |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Notable works | Ours (2018) |
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
- Anton ou la Trajectoire d'un Père (in French). Paris: l'Harmattan. 2013. ISBN 978-2-3362-9016-4..[24]
- La Chapelle des Damnés (in French). Éditions Ex Aequo. 2013. ISBN 978-2-3596-2533-2..
- La Piste de l'Assassin (in French). Ex Æquo. 2014. ISBN 978-2-3596-2648-3..
- Derrière les Grilles (in French). Ex Æquo. 2015. ISBN 978-2-3596-2742-8..
- Le Territoire des Limbes (in French). Ex Æquo. 2015. ISBN 978-2-3596-2747-3..
Bibliography
- Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2015). Settlers of the American West: The Lives of 231 Notable Pioneers. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-9735-5..