Philippe Di Folco (born 20 June 1964 in Choisy-le-Roi) is a French author and teacher.
Biography Born and raised in Val de Marne, near Paris, France, Philippe Di Folco studied Economics and Literature at School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (Paris).
From 1988 to 1997, he was an academic publishing production manager for several companies such as Addison-Wesley.
He met Jean-François Bizot, CEO of Novapress in 1997, writing and producing for magazines and radio.
In 2003, he was invited to The Frye Festival.
He is co-author of On Tour with Mathieu Amalric: the film won an award at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Di Folco was nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay 2010.
Since 2010, he has been teaching creative writing at École Estienne, Le Havre Art School.
He is the author in 2014 of the first biography about the French millionnaire Jacques Lebaudy, the "Emperor of the Sahara", who was shot by his wife in Long Island in 1919.
He is co-author of Barbara with Mathieu Amalric: they were nominated for the César Award for Best Original Screenplay 2018.
Selected bibliography
2005: Dictionnaire de la Pornographie (Dictionary of Pornography), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, foreword: Jean-Claude Carrière, translated into Greek, Romanian, Italian 2008: We Love Books! A World Tour,We Love Books World Tour with Claire Balay, Odile Chambaut, Michel Bouvet, Diego Zaccaria Échirolles: Centre Européen du Graphisme 2010: Dictionnaire de la Mort (Dictionary of Death), Paris: Éditions Larousse 2011: Petit traité de l'imposture (About Imposture), Paris: Éditions Larousse 2014: L'Empereur du Sahara (a biography of Jacques Lebaudy), Paris: Galaade Editions, 2014: Criminels. Histoires vraies, Paris: Sonatine éditions/Perrin,
Academic conference 2009: Traduire l'Éros / Translating Eros,Concordia Journal 4.15 Montreal, Concordia University Press
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