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Maurice G. Dantec

Maurice G. Dantec was a French and Canadian writer, essayist, screenwriter and novelist (1959–2016). He was born at Grenoble and died at Montreal.

Also recorded as Maurice Dantec.

Maurice G. Dantec in brief

Born
1959
Died
2016
Known for
writer, essayist, screenwriter and novelist
Place of birth
Grenoble
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Identity and origins

Maurice G. Dantec was recorded at birth as Maurice Georges Dantec. He also worked under the name Maurice G. Dantec. The authorities additionally record the heading Maurice Dantec. His recorded language was French. His recorded confession was Catholicism.

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 3: La Sirène rouge, Les Racines du mal and Babylon Babies. His recorded genres are crime novel, science fiction and cyberpunk.

Recognition and collections

Maurice G. Dantec received Trophées 813, Michel-Lebrun prize, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Novel and Rosny-aîné award for the best novel.

Catalogued works

16 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

Babylon Babies. Grand Junction. La Sirène rouge. Les Racines du mal. Satellite Sisters. Métacortex. Babylon A.D. Babylon Babies (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents). Comme le fantôme d'un jazzman dans la station Mir en déroute. Grande jonction. Périphériques. Villa Vortex - Liber Mundi, I. Artefact. Laboratoire de catastrophe générale. Le Théâtre des opérations. Cosmos incorporated.

Literature

6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Posthüman Yazında Müzik İmgesi: Maurice G. Dantec Örneği, Söylem Filoloji Dergisi, 2023. Maurice G. Dantec pour les nuls, Acta Fabula, 2018. Postmodernisme et hybridation chez Maurice G. Dantec, ReS Futurae, 2013. The Digital Body’s Mantra: Man and Machine in Grand Junction by Maurice G. Dantec, Unveiling the Post-human, 2012. L’apocalypse postmoderne chez Maurice G. Dantec et Michel Houellebecq : provocation, subversion et tentation réactionnaire, L’Apocalypse : une imagination politique, 2018. Liber mundi ou le vertige des contrastes chez Maurice G. Dantec, ReS Futurae, 2016.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Interview Maurice G Dantec OuiFM Artefact-partie 2 — Internet Archive. Babylon Babies (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) (2005) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are crime novel, science fiction and cyberpunk.

Residence is recorded at Paris and Montreal.

Works named in the authority record are La Sirène rouge, Les Racines du mal and Babylon Babies.

Distinctions recorded are Trophées 813, Michel-Lebrun prize, Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Novel and Rosny-aîné award for the best novel.

Chronology

  1. 1959Maurice G. Dantec born at Grenoble.
  2. 2005Babylon Babies (Semiotext(e) / Native Agents) digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 2016Maurice G. Dantec died at Montreal.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Maurice G. Dantec”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1393472: Maurice G. Dantec

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