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Joseph Altairac

Joseph Altairac

French literary critic and essayist (1957–2020)

Joseph Altairac (25 March 1957 – 9 November 2020) was a French literary critic and essayist.[1][2]

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Career

He specialized in science fiction literature and served as secretary of the Prix Rosny-Aîné. His articles and works were largely dedicated to A. E. van Vogt, H. P. Lovecraft, and H. G. Wells.[3] He also studied subterranean fiction and the history of science fiction in France.

During the 1990s, Altairac published the journal Études lovecraftiennes, a French language equivalent of the American Lovecraft Studies, which led him to direct the "Cahiers d'études lovecraftiennes" at Éditions Encrage.[4]

Publications

  • "Cahiers d'études lovecraftiennes" (series)
  • Herbert George Wells : parcours d'une œuvre (1998)
  • Alfred E. Van Vogt : parcours d'une œuvre (2000)
  • Les Terres creuses : bibliographie commentée des mondes souterrains imaginaires (2006)
  • Rétrofictions : encyclopédie de la conjecture romanesque rationnelle francophone, de Rabelais à Barjavel, 1532-1951 (2018)

References

  1. [1]
    "Joseph ALTAIRAC". NooSFere (in French).
  2. [2]
    "Joseph Altairac nous a quittés". ActuSF (in French). 10 November 2020.
  3. [3]
    Parrinder, Patrick; Partington, John S. (2005). The Reception of H.G. Wells in Europe. London: Thoemmes Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-6253-7.
  4. [4]
    Alizet, Jean-Claude (1990). L'année de la fiction, t. 1 : L'année 1989 du polar, de la S.F., du fantastique et de l'espionnage : bibliographie critique courante de l'autre littérature (in French). Amiens: Encrage. ISBN 2-906389-24-2.


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