{{Short description|French writer (born 1957)}} {{BLPrefimprove|date=October 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox writer |image = Patrick Deville 001.jpg | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|12|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, Loire-Atlantique | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = writer | language = French | nationality = French | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = University of Nantes | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!-- www.example.com --> | portaldisp = }} '''Patrick Deville''' ({{IPA|fr|patʁik dəvil}}; born 14 December 1957 in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins) is a French writer.
==Life== After studying comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Nantes, Deville lived in the Middle East, Nigeria and Algeria. In the 1990s, he travelled frequently to Cuba and Uruguay.
In 1996, he created the literary review ''Meet''.
In 2011, the editors of ''Lire'' magazine selected ''Kampuchea'' as the best French novel of the year.
In 2012, his novel ''Plague and Cholera'' (based on the life of the bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin) was one of the most discussed books of the literary season. It was a finalist for several French prizes, and received both the Fnac Prize and the Prix Femina.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/2012/09/07/03005-20120907ARTFIG00645-patrick-deville-le-monde-lui-appartient.php |title=Patrick Deville: le monde lui appartient|work=Le Figaro|author=Nicolas Ungemuth|date=7 September 2012|language=fr|trans-title=Patrick Deville: the world belongs to him}}<br>- {{cite news|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2012/11/05/patrick-deville-couronne-par-le-femina-pour-peste-cholera_1785838_3260.html |title=Patrick Deville, couronné par le Femina pour "Peste & Choléra"|work=Le Monde|date=5 November 2012|language=fr|trans-title=Patrick Deville, crowned by Femina forr "Peste & Choléra"}}</ref>
His books have been translated into a dozen languages.{{cn|date=October 2022}}
==Works== * ''Œnologie et crus des vins'', with Roger Piallat, Éditions Jérôme Villette 1996 (rééd. Kilien Stengel, 2008). * ''Cordon-bleu'', Editions de Minuit 1987 {{ISBN|9782707311207}} ** ''Das Perspektiv''. Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, 1989, {{ISBN|9783498012816}} ** ''El Catalejo'', Translator Javier Albiñana, Anagrama, 1990, {{ISBN|9788433931863}} * ''Le Feu d'artifice'', Editions de Minuit 1992 (The Fireworks) {{ISBN|9782707314208}} ** ''Los Fuegos artificiales'', Edicions 62, 1994, {{ISBN|9788429737332}} ** 花火, 白水社, 1994, {{ISBN|9784560043264}} * ''La Femme parfaite,'', Editions de Minuit 1995 (The Perfect Woman) {{ISBN|9782707315076}} * ''Ces deux-là'', Editions de Minuit, 2000 (These Two) * ''Pura vida: vie & mort de William Walker'', Seuil, 2004 (Pure Life: Life and death of William Walker) {{ISBN|9782020628778}} ** ''Pura vida: Vida y muerte de William Walker'', Seix Barral, 2005, {{ISBN|9788432227875}} * ''La Tentation des armes à feu,'' Seuil, 2006 (The Temptation of Firearms) {{ISBN|9782020798303}} * ''Equatoria'', Seuil, 2009, {{ISBN|9782020906807}} * ''Kampuchéa'', Seuil, 2011, {{ISBN|9782021056723}} * ''Vie et mort sainte Tina l'exilée,'' editions publie.net, 2011 (Life and Holy Death in Exile Tina) * ''Peste et Choléra'', Seuil, 2012. [Plague and Cholera] {{ISBN|978-2-02-107720-9}} * ''Viva'', Seuil, 2014. {{ISBN|9782757854679}} * ''Taba-Taba'', Seuil, 2017. * ''Amazonia'', Seuil, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.actualitte.com/article/livres/amazonia-la-magie-du-tapis-volant/96407|title=Amazonia : la magie du tapis volant|website=Actualitte|author=Laure Amblesec|access-date=14 October 2019|language=fr|trans-title=Amazonia : the magic of the flying carpet}}</ref>
==Notes and references== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{YouTube|o8xKgsx-okw|Interview}}
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