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'''Sabrina Calvo''' (born 19 September 1974) is a French author, illustrator and games writer.
'''Sabrina Calvo''' (born 19 September 1974) is a French author, illustrator and games writer.
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In 2021 she spoke out in favour of reforming sexist and toxic behaviour in the world of fantasy literature publishing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dupont-Besnard |first=Marcus |date=2021-05-05 |title=« Le niveau d’exigence est plus élevé que pour les hommes » : comment lutter contre le sexisme dans la SF/fantasy ? |url=https://www.numerama.com/pop-culture/708708-le-niveau-dexigence-est-plus-eleve-que-pour-les-hommes-comment-lutter-contre-le-sexisme-dans-la-sf-fantasy.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Numerama |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Addictic |title=Huit autrices de Bragelonne écrivent une lettre ouverte à leur éditeur |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/huit-autrices-de-bragelonne-%C3%A9crivent-une-lettre-ouverte-a-leur-%C3%A9diteur |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720105904/https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/huit-autrices-de-bragelonne-%C3%A9crivent-une-lettre-ouverte-a-leur-%C3%A9diteur |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire |language=fr}}</ref>
In 2021 she spoke out in favour of reforming sexist and toxic behaviour in the world of fantasy literature publishing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dupont-Besnard |first=Marcus |date=2021-05-05 |title=« Le niveau d’exigence est plus élevé que pour les hommes » : comment lutter contre le sexisme dans la SF/fantasy ? |url=https://www.numerama.com/pop-culture/708708-le-niveau-dexigence-est-plus-eleve-que-pour-les-hommes-comment-lutter-contre-le-sexisme-dans-la-sf-fantasy.html |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Numerama |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Addictic |title=Huit autrices de Bragelonne écrivent une lettre ouverte à leur éditeur |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/huit-autrices-de-bragelonne-%C3%A9crivent-une-lettre-ouverte-a-leur-%C3%A9diteur |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720105904/https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/huit-autrices-de-bragelonne-%C3%A9crivent-une-lettre-ouverte-a-leur-%C3%A9diteur |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire |language=fr}}</ref>

=== Career in science fiction litterature ===
Her first novel, Délius, une chanson d'été,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Addictic |title=La Nuit des labyrinthes - Les secrets d'écriture de Sabrina Calvo |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/la-nuit-des-labyrinthes-les-secrets-d%C3%A9criture-de-sabrina-calvo |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire |language=fr}}</ref> was published in 1997. The book refers in particular to the composer [[Frederick Delius]], and the title is taken from a song by [[Kate Bush]], [[Delius (Song of Summer)|Delius (Song of Summer),]] which appeared on the album [[Never for Ever]],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farasse |first=Gérard |url=https://books.google.fr/books?id=I9-AJLDMfxUC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=calvo+D%C3%A9lius,+une+chanson+d'%C3%A9t%C3%A9+kate+bush&source=bl&ots=P6AlgJUqEn&sig=gy6IfdjbPSobkeoFmWRFalZqT08&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE957E-vbaAhVCVBQKHc93BbcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=calvo%20D%C3%A9lius,%20une%20chanson%20d'%C3%A9t%C3%A9%20kate%20bush&f=false |title=Envois & Dédicaces |date=2010-06-10 |publisher=Presses Univ. Septentrion |isbn=978-2-7574-0160-6 |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock'n'write : David Calvo - Le blog Bifrost {{!}} Le Bélial |url=https://blog.belial.fr/post/2012/12/17/Rock-n-write-David-Calvo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720110850/https://blog.belial.fr/post/2012/12/17/Rock-n-write-David-Calvo |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=blog.belial.fr}}</ref>

In 2004, based on a script by Sabrina Calvo, {{Interlanguage link|Thomas Azuélos|lt=Thomas Azuélos|fr|Thomas Azuélos}} drew Télémaque,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Télémaque |url=https://www.actuabd.com/Telemaque |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720111352/https://www.actuabd.com/Telemaque |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=ActuaBD |language=fr}}</ref> in which the author's dreamlike world’ is expressed. In 2006, the duo published ''Akhénaton'', co-written with Thomas Azuélos, tackling the subject of [[transidentity]]. ActuaBD described the work as <ref>{{Cite web |last=Taugis |first=David |title=Akhénaton - par Azuélos et Calvo - Carabas |url=https://www.actuabd.com/Akhenaton-par-Azuelos-et-Calvo-Carabas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240427174834/https://www.actuabd.com/Akhenaton-par-Azuelos-et-Calvo-Carabas |archive-date=2024-04-27 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=ActuaBD |language=fr}}</ref>
{{Quote|text=A radical album, with a minimalist and unbridled style, to be reserved for fans of absolute modernity|source=}}
In 2015, Sabrina Calvo published ''Sous la Colline'', a [[Transfeminism|transfeminist]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Allan |first= |date=2017-12-12 |title=Rencontre avec Sabrina Calvo |url=https://www.fantastinet.com/rencontre-avec-sabrina-calvo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/VxAsD#selection-361.0-361.5 |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Fantastinet |language=fr-FR}}</ref> urban fantasy novel exploring the intimate topography of Le Corbusier's [[Cité Radieuse]] in Marseille and exploiting the myths of the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moulin |first=Louis |title=« Envisager les bâtiments comme des mystères”: discussion sur la ville avec Sabrina Calvo |url=https://www.pop-up-urbain.com/envisager-les-batiments-comme-des-mysteres-discussion-sur-la-ville-avec-sabrina-calvo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/uenqM |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=pop-up urbain, cabinet de conseil en prospective urbaine |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavergne |first=Sophie |date=2021-12-09 |title=La science-fiction « intime et anarchiste » de Sabrina Calvo |url=https://friction-magazine.fr/la-science-fiction-intime-et-anarchiste-de-sabrina-calvo/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720113809/https://friction-magazine.fr/la-science-fiction-intime-et-anarchiste-de-sabrina-calvo/ |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |website=Friction Magazine |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Her counter-dystopian novel Toxoplasma, featuring an anti-capitalist commune in Montreal<ref>{{Cite news |last=Guy |first=Chantal |date=2019-06-05 |title=SF et fantasy féministe: il existe d’autres mondes |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/2019-06-05/sf-et-fantasy-feministe-il-existe-d-autres-mondes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/kMTol |archive-date=20 July 2024 |access-date=2024-07-20 |work=La Presse |language=fr-CA}}</ref> and questioning [[Gender identity|gender identities]], won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2018 – Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire |url=https://gpi.noosfere.org/gpi-2018/ |access-date=2024-07-20 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>


== Awards ==
== Awards ==

Revision as of 11:48, 20 July 2024

Taugis, David. "Akhénaton - par Azuélos et Calvo - Carabas". ActuaBD (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-07-20.

Sabrina Calvo
Born
David Calvo

(1974-09-19) September 19, 1974 (age 50)
Marseille
NationalityFrench
OccupationWriter

Sabrina Calvo (born 19 September 1974) is a French author, illustrator and games writer.

Calvo identifies as a transgender person, with her work published as "David Calvo" before 2018.[1][2]

Biography

Sabrina Calvo was born on 19 September 1974 in Marseille.[3][4] She came out as trans in 2017 in the Mauvais Genre programme at the Utopiales festival.[5] She lives between Paris and Montreal.[5]

Sabrina Calvo is a writer and also a performance artist, and has collaborated with artists including Jeff Mills at the Musée du Louvre in 2015.[6] She has given talks and round tables at the Chroniques Digital Arts Biennial,[7] Mutek,[8] Sonic Protest,[9] Étonnants Voyageurs [fr],[10] les Utopiales, les Imaginales, les Intergalactiques and la Maison de la poésie[11], among others.

In 2021 she spoke out in favour of reforming sexist and toxic behaviour in the world of fantasy literature publishing.[12][13]

Career in science fiction litterature

Her first novel, Délius, une chanson d'été,[14] was published in 1997. The book refers in particular to the composer Frederick Delius, and the title is taken from a song by Kate Bush, Delius (Song of Summer), which appeared on the album Never for Ever,[15][16]

In 2004, based on a script by Sabrina Calvo, Thomas Azuélos [fr] drew Télémaque,[17] in which the author's dreamlike world’ is expressed. In 2006, the duo published Akhénaton, co-written with Thomas Azuélos, tackling the subject of transidentity. ActuaBD described the work as [18]

A radical album, with a minimalist and unbridled style, to be reserved for fans of absolute modernity

In 2015, Sabrina Calvo published Sous la Colline, a transfeminist[19] urban fantasy novel exploring the intimate topography of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille and exploiting the myths of the city.[20][21] Her counter-dystopian novel Toxoplasma, featuring an anti-capitalist commune in Montreal[22] and questioning gender identities, won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2018.[23]

Awards

Publications

  • Délius, une chanson d'été (1997, Mnémos)
  • La Nuit des labyrinthes (2003, J'ai lu)
  • Wonderful. Bragelonne. 2001. ISBN 9782914370042.
  • Atomic Bomb, avec Fabrice Colin (2002, Ed. du Bélial)
  • Sunk, avec Fabrice Colin (2005, Les Moutons électriques), ill. Arnaud Cremet.
  • Minuscules flocons de neige depuis dix minutes (2006, Les Moutons électriques)
  • Elliot du Néant (2012, La Volte)
  • Sous la Colline (2015, La Volte)
  • Calvo, David (2017). Toxoplasma. ISBN 9782370490544.

Games

References

  1. ^ Cloutier, Mario (19 July 2018). "Sabrina Calvo: l'envie du Québec" – via Cyberpresse.
  2. ^ "Sabrina Calvo et Loïc Henry, Prix Rosny aîné 2018". www.actualitte.com.
  3. ^ Paris 8, Université (2021-02-08). "Rencontre avec Sabrina Calvo". France Culture (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Cloutier, Mario (2018-07-19). "Sabrina Calvo: l'envie du Québec". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  5. ^ a b "Rencontre avec Sabrina Calvo". octaviana.fr. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ "The Last Storyteller : Jeff Mills et David Calvo @Auditorium du Louvre". www.sortiraparis.com (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  7. ^ "Biennial of Digital Imaginaries 2020 – Chroniques". chroniques.org (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  8. ^ "Sabrina Calvo". MUTEK Montréal. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  9. ^ "Agoras à Saint-Ouen le 25-26 mars 2022 [Festival Sonic Protest]". commedesfous.com (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  10. ^ Voyageurs, Etonnants (2024-07-20). "Quand le jeu vidéo rencontre la littérature". Etonnants Voyageurs (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  11. ^ "« Se réinventer en communautés, deux visages de la science-fiction queer » avec Sabrina Calvo & Phoebe Hadjimarkos Clarke". Maison de la poésie (in French). 2021. Archived from the original on 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  12. ^ Dupont-Besnard, Marcus (2021-05-05). "« Le niveau d'exigence est plus élevé que pour les hommes » : comment lutter contre le sexisme dans la SF/fantasy ?". Numerama (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  13. ^ Addictic. "Huit autrices de Bragelonne écrivent une lettre ouverte à leur éditeur". ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  14. ^ Addictic. "La Nuit des labyrinthes - Les secrets d'écriture de Sabrina Calvo". ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  15. ^ Farasse, Gérard (2010-06-10). Envois & Dédicaces (in French). Presses Univ. Septentrion. ISBN 978-2-7574-0160-6.
  16. ^ "Rock'n'write : David Calvo - Le blog Bifrost | Le Bélial". blog.belial.fr. Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  17. ^ "Télémaque". ActuaBD (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  18. ^ Taugis, David. "Akhénaton - par Azuélos et Calvo - Carabas". ActuaBD (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-04-27. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  19. ^ Allan (2017-12-12). "Rencontre avec Sabrina Calvo". Fantastinet (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  20. ^ Moulin, Louis. "« Envisager les bâtiments comme des mystères": discussion sur la ville avec Sabrina Calvo". pop-up urbain, cabinet de conseil en prospective urbaine (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  21. ^ Lavergne, Sophie (2021-12-09). "La science-fiction « intime et anarchiste » de Sabrina Calvo". Friction Magazine (in French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  22. ^ Guy, Chantal (2019-06-05). "SF et fantasy féministe: il existe d'autres mondes". La Presse (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  23. ^ "Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2018 – Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire" (in French). Retrieved 2024-07-20.
  24. ^ "Prix Julia Verlanger Winners". www.goodreads.com.
  25. ^ "Lauréats 2016 | Prix Bob Morane".
  26. ^ "Les Grands Prix de l'Imaginaire 2018 dévoilés". Livres Hebdo.
  27. ^ "Oniri Islands»: a successful quest". December 12, 2018.
  28. ^ "The Inner Friend - A video game by PLAYMIND". theinnerfriend.com.
  29. ^ "THE INNER FRIEND Dialogue-Free Jungian-themed Horror Game Releasing this Summer". March 27, 2019.


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