Maurice G. Dantec

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Maurice Georges Dantec
Born(1959-06-13)13 June 1959
Grenoble, France
Died25 June 2016 (2016-06-26) (aged 57)
OccupationWriter
Literary movementChristian-futurism

Maurice Georges Dantec (French: [dɑ̃tɛk]; 13 June 1959 – 25 June 2016)[1] was a French-born Canadian science fiction writer and musician.

Biography

Dantec was born in

copywriter in the advertising industry.[citation needed
]

Cyberpunk

Dantec began writing seriously in the 1990s. His first novel,

Richard Pinhas and Norman Spinrad for the group Heldon, under the project "Schizotrope" for 3 albums, including a North American Tour in 1999.[3][4]

Dantec and his family relocated to

Québec in 1998, where he wrote his third novel Babylon Babies, which further explores the themes of decadence and apocalypse initially developed in Là où tombent les anges. Babylon Babies is influenced partly by Dantec's interests in twentieth century French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, and shamanism
.

Controversial writings

Le Théâtre des opérations, journal métaphysique et polémique ("The Theatre of Operations, a Metaphysical and Polemical Journal") appeared in 2000, and is a polemical diary. Dantec followed this up in 2001 with Laboratoire de catastrophe générale ("Laboratory of General Catastrophes"). In both of these Dantec was influenced by French novelist and poet Léon Bloy's diary, and especially by Bloy's 1905 Belluaires et porchers ("Gladiators and swineherds"). In his works, Dantec attempts to inventory the nihilisms of the 20th century. Inspired by Léon Bloy, he draws a cruel portrait of the vanities in the French literary milieu. The diary also mixes Dantec's poetry, criticisms on rock music, essays on literature, technology, genetics, philosophy and politics. These diaries also explore the author's rising interest in Christianity.

Christian-Futurism

Villa Vortex - Liber Mundi, I in 2003 opens a trilogy of novels - though its third volume would never be written before Dantec's death - interconnecting metaphysical research (

9/11
in a narrative.

The third volume of his journal, following Laboratoire de catastrophe générale, was published by Éditions Albin Michel in 2007.

Dantec wrote for the conservative French-language Canadian magazine Égards.

The novel Cosmos Inc, was published in August 2005 by his new publishing house Albin Michel, the first volume of another trilogy Dantec would never finish before he died.

Film adaptations

The first film adaptation based on the works of Dantec, The Red Siren directed by Olivier Megaton, was released in August 2002.

A film adaptation of Babylon Babies, the most

Babylon A.D., featuring Vin Diesel in the role of Toorop.[5]

Dantec in English

His novel Babylon Babies was to be translated into English by Semio-text(e) in September 2005.[6]

In May 2006 at the Franco/Irish Literary Festival he made a bilingual conference "ICH BIN EIN DUBLINER", under the theme "Modern technology, its impact on the way we Live Together" discussing metaphysical and political positions[7]

In August 2006 Grande Jonction, the second part of his "Christian-Futurism (Christian eschatology)" trilogy was published by Albin Michel.

Del Rey Books released an English version of Cosmos Incorporated translated by Tina Kover in 2008 and an English version of Grande Jonction (Grand Junction) by the same translator in 2009.

Work

Novels

Collections

  • Le théâtre des opérations.[15]
  • Dieu porte-t-il des lunettes noires ?.[16]

Essays

  • Le théâtre des opérations: journal métaphysique et polémique - 1999.[17]
  • Laboratoire de catastrophe générale : Journal métaphysique et polémique 2000–2001.[18]
  • American Black Box: Le théâtre des opérations 2002-2006.[19]

Short stories

  • Là où tombent les anges (Where Angels fall) published in a supplement of Le Monde the 21 September 1995 for the 50th anniversary of the collection Série noire.

Translated in English

Music

  • Former keyboardist for Artefact
  • Lyricist and singer on the album Utopia from the group No One Is Innocent
  • Co-creator with
    Richard Pinhas
    of the musical project Schizotrope
  • Collaboration with the punk rock group Dead Sexy Inc

References

  1. IMDb
  2. ^ "Artefact, site officiel du groupe". Artefact.band.free.fr. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  3. ^ "Richard Pinhas / Heldon". Cuneiform Records. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  4. ^ "Label Page". Forced Exposure. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  5. ^ Davidson, Paul (August 7, 2006). "Diesel Confirmed for Babylon A.D." IGN. Archived from the original on September 9, 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  6. ^ [1] Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ [2] Archived July 8, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ISBN 2-07-040636-9
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  9. ISBN 2-07-040775-6
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  10. ISBN 2-07-041753-0
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  11. ISBN 2-07-075244-5
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  12. ISBN 0-345-49993-X
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  13. ISBN 2-226-17341-2
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  14. ISBN 2-226-17975-5
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  15. ISBN 2-07-042114-7
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  16. ISBN 2-290-33738-2
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  17. ISBN 2-07-042114-7
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  18. ISBN 2-07-042822-2
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  19. ISBN 2-226-17091-X
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  20. ISBN 2-07-041753-0
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External links
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