Henri Lœvenbruck

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Henri Lœvenbruck was born in 1972 in Paris, in the district of the Nation, where he spent all his childhood and adolescence. After the baccalaureate, hesitating between music and literature, he tries to combine his two passions: during the week, he studies in khâgne at the Lycée Chaptal and at weekends he plays in concert or in the studio with many musicians. After studying American and English literature at the Sorbonne, when it was time for national service, he made a conscientious objection and spent 17 months as a model maker for the Francophone Editions of Amnesty International, then he left to live in England, near Canterbury. , where he teaches French in a college. Back in France, he taught English at an engineering school (EFREI), before moving on to literary journalism. A freelance writer for the radio (TSF) and the written press (L’Express), he wrote numerous columns on popular literatures before creating his own magazine (Science-Fiction magazine). After being editor-in-chief of this title for two years, he published at 25 his first novel with Baleine editions, under pseudonym, a futuristic thriller in which we can guess the obvious influence of Philip K. Dick ... This time, his choice is made, he decides to devote himself fully to writing. He then published two Fantasy trilogies, La Moïra and Gallica, which met with unprecedented success for a French author (La Moïra exceeded 300,000 copies in France, all editions combined, and the rights were sold in 11 countries). Numerous novels followed, ranging from thrillers, thrillers and historical novels (Le Syndrome Copernic, Le Rasoir d'Ockham, L’Apothicaire, etc.) which earned him the recognition by the Nouvel Observateur of “the new master of French thriller”. A founding member of the Imaginary League alongside, among others, Bernard Werber, Franck Thilliez, Bernard Minier and Maxime Chattam, in July 2011, he was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 2015, her novel We Just Dreamed of Freedom met with great media success and is now the subject of a film adaptation project. In 2019, he joined Editions XO to publish a new historical thriller: Le Loup des Cordelliers. (Source: http://www.henriloevenbruck.com/a-propos-de/)

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• Open LibraryOL3164179A
• WikidataQ346543

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• French Detective and mystery stories (1)