Ayerdhal

French writer (1959-2015) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 56

Yal Ayerdhal was a French thriller and science fiction writer from Lyon. His later work preferred the thriller genre; Transparences, Resurgences and Rainbow Warriors play with various genres. Rainbow Warriors flirts with political fiction with most protagonists being LGBTQ.

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2015Died27 October 2015Rosny-aîné award for the best novelAward2014Bob Morane award for best French-language novelAwardRosny-aîné award for the best novelAward2005Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language NovelAward2004Michel-Lebrun prizeAward1998Prix OzoneAward1993Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language NovelAward1959Born26 January 1959

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Rosny-aîné award for the best novel2015

Rosny-aîné award for the best novel2014

Bob Morane award for best French-language novel2014

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Novel2005

Michel-Lebrun prize2004

Prix Ozone1998

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Novel1993

About this person

He received the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2005 for Transparences and in 1993 for his novel Demain une oasis. He is considered one of the leading names in both genres. He shared the Prix Tour Eiffel with co-author Jean-Claude Dunyach for their 1999 novel Étoiles mourantes. He also received an award for his novel Parleur ou les chroniques d'un rêve enclavé and two for Transparences, a thriller. He also received the Cyrano award for lifetime achievement in the service of genre fiction and its actors.

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France