Joseph Altairac

Joseph Altairac
Altairac in 2001
Born25 March 1957
France
Died9 November 2020(2020-11-09) (aged 63)
Paris, France
OccupationsLiterary Critic
Essayist

Joseph Altairac (25 March 1957 – 9 November 2020) was a French literary critic and essayist.

Career

He specialized in science fiction literature and served as secretary of the Prix Rosny-Aîné. His articles and works were largely dedicated to A. E. van Vogt, H. P. Lovecraft, and H. G. Wells. He also studied subterranean fiction and the history of science fiction in France.

During the 1990s, Altairac published the journal Études lovecraftiennes, a French language equivalent of the American Lovecraft Studies, which led him to direct the "Cahiers d'études lovecraftiennes" at Éditions Encrage.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "Joseph ALTAIRAC". NooSFere (in French).
  2. ↑ "Joseph Altairac nous a quittés". ActuSF (in French). 10 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Parrinder, Patrick; Partington, John S. (2005). The Reception of H.G. Wells in Europe. London: Thoemmes Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-6253-7.
  4. ↑ Alizet, Jean-Claude (1990). L'année de la fiction, t. 1 : L'année 1989 du polar, de la S.F., du fantastique et de l'espionnage : bibliographie critique courante de l'autre littérature (in French). Amiens: Encrage. ISBN 2-906389-24-2.