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Maurice Georges Dantec

モーリス・ジョルジュ・ダンテック

Mōrisu Joruju Dantekku

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1959-06-14 （Grenoble）
Died
2016-06-25 （Unknown） age 57
Nationality
French, Canadian
Languages
French, English
Religion
Christian-futurism
Residence History
Grenoble, France → Ivry-sur-Seine, France → Québec, Canada

Career

Occupations
Writer, Musician, Copywriter
Active Years
1993-2016
Influenced By
Jean-Bernard Pouy, Léon Bloy, Gilles Deleuze
Influenced
Norman Spinrad

Awards

813 award
1993
Work: La Sirène rouge
Category: best crime novel
Organization: Association 813
Result: winner
Prix de l'Imaginaire
1995
Work: Les Racines du mal
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Sirène rouge

1993 Crime novel 591 pages

A crime and thriller story.

CrimeRevenge
Adaptations
  • [Film] The Red Siren / Olivier Megaton (2002)

Les Racines du mal

1995 Cyberpunk 753 pages

Explores roots of evil with cyberpunk elements.

CyberpunkEvil

Babylon Babies

1999 Cyberpunk 719 pages

Cyberpunk novel exploring decadence and apocalypse.

ApocalypseTechnologyShamanism
Adaptations
  • [Film] Babylon A.D. / Mathieu Kassovitz (2007)
Translations
  • Translated by Noura Wedell

Bibliography

  • La Sirène rouge
  • Les Racines du mal
  • Babylon Babies
  • Villa Vortex
  • Cosmos Incorporated
  • Grande jonction
  • Artefact: Machines à écrire 1.0
  • Le théâtre des opérations
  • Laboratoire de catastrophe générale

Adaptations

  • The Red Siren (2002, dir. Olivier Megaton)
  • Babylon A.D. (2007, dir. Mathieu Kassovitz)

Translations of Works

  • Babylon Babies (English translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
CyberpunkChristian-futurismPolemical
Recurring Motifs
NihilismApocalypseTechnologyChristianity

Legacy

French-born Canadian science fiction writer known for cyberpunk works evolving into Christian-futurism.

Trivia

  • Former keyboardist for the punk band Artefact.
  • Lyricist and singer on No One Is Innocent's album Utopia.