Prix Rosny-Aîné
4 appearances
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Edition 18 (1988) Winner
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Edition 49 (2003) Winner
Joëlle Wintrebert
ジョエル・ウィントルベール
Joëlle Wintrebert
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1949 （Toulon）
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Montpellier region
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Science fiction writer, Journalist, Editor
- Active Years
- 1974-2025
- Affiliations
- Editor of Horizons du fantastique (1975), Editor of Univers anthology series (1983-1985), Press officer for Festival de la SF et de l'Imaginaire in Metz (1979,1980,1982)
- Memberships
- Jury member of Grand prix de l'Imaginaire (1999)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis | Cinema | — | — | — | France |
| Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis | Literature | — | — | — | France |
Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis
Cinema
Year of Graduation:
1971
Country:
France
Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis
Literature
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
France
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Prix Rosny-Aîné | — | — | — | winner |
| 1988 | Prix Rosny-Aîné | La Créode / Les Olympiades truquées | — | — | winner |
| 2002 | Prix Rosny-Aîné | Pollen | — | — | winner |
| 1989 | Grand prix de l'Imaginaire | Le Créateur chimérique | — | — | winner |
| 2021 | Prix Extraordinaire des Utopiales | Lifetime achievement | — | Utopiales | winner |
| 2025 | ESFS Awards European Grandmaster | Lifetime achievement | — | ESFS | winner |
Prix Rosny-Aîné
1980
Result:
winner
Prix Rosny-Aîné
1988
Work:
La Créode / Les Olympiades truquées
Result:
winner
Prix Rosny-Aîné
2002
Work:
Pollen
Result:
winner
Grand prix de l'Imaginaire
1989
Work:
Le Créateur chimérique
Result:
winner
Prix Extraordinaire des Utopiales
2021
Work:
Lifetime achievement
Organization:
Utopiales
Result:
winner
ESFS Awards European Grandmaster
2025
Work:
Lifetime achievement
Organization:
ESFS
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Les Olympiades truquées
1980 Science fictionComing-of-age novels featuring teenage girls facing adversity.
coming of ageadversity
Chromoville
1984 Science fictionDystopian city organized by color-coded castes.
dystopiacaste systemfemale power
Le Créateur chimérique
1988 Science fictionHumans reproducing by parthenogenesis; considered her SF masterpiece.
reproductionSF
Pollen
2002 Science fictionQuestions utopia, with protagonists rebelling against gender inequality.
utopiagenderrebellion
Bibliography
- Les Olympiades truquées (1980)
- Les Maîtres-feu (1982)
- Nunatak (1983)
- Chromoville (1983)
- La Fille de Terre Deux (1987)
- Bébé-miroir (1988)
- Le Créateur chimérique (1988)
- Comme un feu de sarments (1990)
- L'Océanide (1992)
- Les Diables blancs (1993)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- poeticunrelentingly darkemotionally charged
- Recurring Motifs
- coming-of-age storiesexploitation and dominationfemale perspectivesutopia/dystopia
Legacy
Prominent French SF writer, winner of Prix Rosny-Aîné three times and Grand prix de l'Imaginaire. Known for poetic and innovative science fiction.
Quotes
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this is without doubt the author's most accomplished creation of a universe, and certain passages are reminiscent of a hypothetical Jack Vance who knew the heat of the emotions
Source: Roland C. Wagner (1999) -
at once poetic and unrelentingly dark
Source: Roland C. Wagner (on Hétéros et Thanatos) (1999)
Trivia
- Was an amateur beekeeper.
- Her partner is psychologist and SF essayist Henri Lehalle.
- Editor of the Univers anthology series.