Philippe Rahmy
| Philippe Rahmy | |
|---|---|
 Philippe Rahmy 2015 | |
| Born |
Philippe Rahmy 5 June 1975 |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Website | www.rahmyfiction.net |
Philippe Rahmy (born 5 June 1975 in Geneva) is a poet and writer.
Biography
Philippe Rahmy studied the history of arts and egyptology at the École du Louvre in Paris, and graduated from the University of Lausanne in literature and philosophy.
He is a founding member of the prominent French literary site remue.net, with is focused on promoting contemporary literature over the Internet and through live events. He is a published author in France, USA, Italy, Switzerland and China.
Philippe Rahmy is also active as a photographer and as a director of award-winning independent short films. Philippe Rahmy suffers from Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones), and he is an active member of several handicap related associations. He is also writing songs for the rock band "I need my gasoline".
He is currently working on a literary and multimedia project about abandoned cities. The Abandoned City is a collaborative writing project. Hosted on D-FICTION, it will ultimately find its dedicated platform, an open website gathering a large range of tools for geolocation, virtual exploration of the landscape, artistic creation, and communication. Literary at first, this interdisciplinary project will welcome, later, visual arts, music, staged arts and street arts, as well as academic productions.
Books
- 2016 : Allegra, éditions de La Table Ronde, coll. Vermillon, January 2016
- 2015 : Béton armé, Collection Folio (n° 5946), Gallimard, 2015
- 2014 : Loop Road, nerval.fr, March 2014
- 2013 : Béton armé – Shanghai au corps à corps, Éditions de La Table Ronde , preface Jean-Christophe Rufin de l'Académie française, September 2013 (awarded the Prix Wepler 2013 Mention spéciale du jury // One of the 20 best books of the year 2013, palmarès Lire; Prix Michel-Dentan 2014)
- 2013 : Corps au miroir, avec Sabine Oppliger, Encre et lumière, 2013
- 2010 : Cheyne, 30 ans, 30 voix, Livres hors collection, 2010
- 2009 : Cellules souches, avec Stéphane Dussel, Mots tessons, 2009
- 2009 : Movimento dalla fine, a cura di Monica Pavani, Mobydick, 2009
- 2008 : SMS de la cloison, publie.net, 2008
- 2008 : Architecture nuit, texte expérimental, publie.net, 2008
- 2007 : Demeure le corps, Chant d'exécration, Cheyne Editeur, 2007
- 2005 : Mouvement par la fin, Un portrait de la douleur, Cheyne Editeur, 2005 (postface Jacques Dupin, Prix des Charmettes – Jean-Jacques Rousseau 2006)
Articles
- Château de Lavigny, 20 ans, anthologie anniversaire, "Le Châtiment", 08-2016
- La moitié du fourbi, Nr. 3, "Un portrait du Fayoum", 03-2016
- Le Persil, Special edition dedicated to poetry in the francophone part of Switzerland, "Comme le caméléon, sa langue", 03-2016
- Postface to the book "Kvar lo" from Sabine Huynh (poems, with ink paintings from Caroline François-Rubino), Éditions Æncrages & Co, coll. Écri(peind)re, 2016
- Le Magazine Littéraire, Nr. 541, 03–2014, "Alors, Shanghai?"
- Le Magazine Littéraire, Nr. 532, 06–2013, "Paul Auster, le grand entretien"[1]
- D-Fiction, 05-2013, "Aran"[2]
- Art+Politique, 2012, "Du partage des richesses"[3]
- Lieux d'Être, N°51, printemps 2011, "Il ne suffit pas de bégayer"
- Viceversa Littérature, N°5 (2011), "Château Solitude"[4]
- La Revue de Belles-Lettres, 134e année, numéro 1–2 2010, "Un terrain parmi d'autres"[5]
- Antilipseis Magazine, mars 2011, in: "Perceptions"
- The Black Herald Press, 1st issue, January 2011,[6][7]
- revue China Dolls, Beijing, été 2010, "The Glory of the body",
- revue Hétérographe N°4, automne 2010, Sandra Moussempès, Photogénie des ombres peintes
- revue fario, May/June 2009, " La vie sauve "[8]
- revue Faire Part, " Caroline Sagot Duvauroux, Vol-ce-l'est, l'autre chose ", avril 2009
- participation au catalogue d'exposition du peintre Winfried Veit, avril 2009
- revue Viola, " Solitudine publica ", mars 2009
- revue Hétérographe, " Solitude publique ", mars 2009
- revue Action restreinte, " Kit & Scat Song ", février 2009
- François Bon, " Tu marchais dans la maison des morts, vidéo ",[9] dans : " François Bon, éclats de réalité ", Dominique Viart et Jean-Bernard Vray (eds), PU de Saint Etienne 2008
- Joë Bousquet, " Mystique ", dans : Joë Bousquet, " Maigre nudité du soir ", éditions de l'Atelier du Gué 2008
- revue Lieux d'Être N° 45, " Naître détruit ", 2007
- revue Faire Part N° 20–21, " Coudrier, une gravure à la Manière noire ", dans : " Matière d'Origine : Jacques Dupin ", 2007
- Aral, dans : " Jean-Marie Barnaud, Pour saluer la bienvenue ", Bibliothèque municipale de Charleville-Mézières 2002
Short movies
Phil Rahmy currently displays his vision as a director and award-winning independent short film producer through his latest productions which are currently being distributed and viewed globally. Latest viewings
- Uplink Factory, video festival, official selection of Swiss short Films (OBLO), "The Body remains", Tokyo, Japan, 2011.
- Gallery Arts-en-l'Ile, projection of "M.R.I. ", curator Penelope Petsini, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010
- Special Prize of the Jury at the Oblò Underground Short Film Festival, "The Body remains", Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009
- Museum of Modern Arts (MAMCO), projection of "M.R.I"., Geneva, Switzerland, 2009
- Festival Côté Court 2008, official selection of "The Body remains", Cinéma 104, Pantin, France, 2008.
- Un festival c'est trop court, programm FILMS D'ICI, official selection, "The Body remains", Nice, France, 2008.
- Official Selection for exhibition in the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, "The Body remains", New York February, Manhattan, NYC, 2008.
Photography
His photographic work concentrates on the human body and the topic of so-called "normality".
Latest expos
- Photovision 2011, exposition of the series "The Glory of the Body", in collaboration with Antilipseis Magazine of Photography. At the end of 2011, the expo will be part of the Athens School of Fine Arts fund, Athens, Greece, 2011.
- China Dolls Magazine, "Body & Norm", Beijing, China, 2010.
- Special Prize of the Jury at the Oblò Underground Short Film Festival, "The Body remains", Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009
- Universal Exposition of Shanghai, "Immobility and Movement", FFA Pavilion, Shanghai, China, 2010
- Revue d'Ici Là, Online Art Magazine, France, 2010.
- Un festival c'est trop court, programm FILMS D'ICI, official selection, "The Body remains", Nice, France, 2008.
Screenwriting
Phil Rahmy is active as a screenwriter, and has co-founded Wallman Productions, a Hollywood-based independent film and music production company, in association with the famous jazzman Art Johnson.[10]
Distinctions / Grants
- 2016 : Prix Eugène-Rambert for Allegra (Éditions La Table Ronde, 2016)
- 2016 : Writer-in-residence, Escuela de Otoño de Traducción Literaria en Lenguas Vivas, Buenos Aires[11]
- 2015 : Writer-in-residence, Château de Lavigny
- 2014 : Prix Michel-Dentan
- 2014 : Prix Pittard de l'Andelyn
- 2014 : Meilleur récit de voyage - Sélection Lire
- 2013 : Prix Wepler Fondation La Poste 2013 Mention spéciale du jury
- 2011 : Writer-in-residence, Shanghai Writers Association
- 2010 : Finaliste Prix FEMS pour la littérature
- 2010 : Lauréat de la bourse d'écriture Pro Helvetia
- 2006 : Prix des Charmettes/Jean-Jacques Rousseau
References
- ↑ http://www.magazine-litteraire.com/mensuel/532
- ↑ http://d-fiction.fr/2013/05/aran-intercalaire-1-aran-spacer-1/
- ↑ http://www.kunst-und-politik.ch/pagina.php?1,515,3,
- ↑ http://www.culturactif.ch/viceversa/viceversa5fr.htm
- ↑ http://www.larevuedebelleslettres.ch/index.php?titre=2&id_auteur=142&num=1-2%202010
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xVS2pTXTSg
- ↑ http://fr.calameo.com/read/0004709157335e99f2e97
- ↑ http://www.editionsfario.fr/spip.php?article82
- ↑ http://www.tierslivre.net/faceB/spip.php?article121
- ↑
- ↑ Escuela de Otoño de Traducción Literaria 2016 http://ieslvf.caba.infd.edu.ar/sitio/index.cgi?wid_seccion=37
Sources
- Bibliothèque cantonale universitaire
- articles by Philippe Rahmy on remue.net
- texts by Philippe Rahmy on remue.net
- poetry books edited by Cheyne Editeur
- rahmyfiction.net Philippe Rahmy's blog