Silène Edgar
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Silène Edgar or George Silène,{{Cite web |title=14-14 (♥♥♥) écrit par Silène Edgar & Paul Beorn - Éditions Castelmore |url=https://www.leslecturesdelily.com/2015/10/14-14-ecrit-par-silene-edgar-paul-beorn.html |access-date=2024-07-30 |language=fr}} (born Sophie Ruhaud, {{Birth date|1978|9|25}}), is a French teacher, writer, and researcher.
Early life and education
Sophie Claire Marie Ruhaud-Trouffier was born on {{Birth date|1978|9|25}}{{cite web |date=2007-05-14 |title=Edgar, Silène (1978-....) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16760876w |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=General Catalogue of Bibliothèque nationale de France |language=fr-FR}} in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine.{{cite web |title=RUHAUD-PONCET genealogy |url=http://genea.ruhaud.poncet.free.fr/fiche19.htm |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=genea.ruhaud.poncet.free.fr |language=fr}} Her parents are Bernard Ruhaud, a writer and Josiane Danièle Salgues. The poet Étienne Ruhaud is her brother.{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-07 |date=2015-11-29 |language=fr-FR |title=Collège. Silène Edgar raconte sa vie d'écrivain |url=https://www.letelegramme.fr/finistere/carantec/college-silene-edgar-raconte-sa-vie-d-ecrivain-29-11-2015-10868033.php |website=Le Telegramme}}
She obtained her Baccalauréat Littéraire at the Jean-Dautet high school in La Rochelle, then continued her studies in literature in Poitiers.{{cite journal|language=fr-FR|first1=Christiane|last1=Poulin|title=Beorn et Silène, les plumes de Dautet|journal=Sud-Ouest|date=2010-10-22|issn=1760-6454|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/charente-maritime/la-rochelle/beorn-et-silene-les-plumes-de-dautet-10150183.php|access-date=2022-05-06}} She obtained a master's degree in comparative literature at the Paris Cité University in 2000, and graduated in French as a second language, specializing in Language Awareness in 2011 at Le Mans University and in children's literature in 2015 at the University of Artois.{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-07 |title=Silène EDGAR (Education Nationale / Cocyclics / Callioprofs) - Viadeo |url=https://viadeo.journaldunet.com/p/silene-edgar-4817630 |website=viadeo.journaldunet.com}}
She is an agrégée in Humanities.
Career and research
=Teaching=
She taught French for 13 years, from 2004 to 2017, in a college in Saint-Nazaire. In 2017, she received the Palmes Académiques and stopped her teaching activity to devote herself full-time to writing.{{Cite web |title=Silène Edgar - Scrineo |url=https://www.scrineo.fr/silene-edgar/ |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=www.scrineo.fr |language=fr-FR}}
Since June 2010, she became a freelance editor of educational materials for DYS adaptations (Dyslexia){{cite web |last=Dargagnon |first=Hélène |date=2018-09-20 |title=Littérature jeunesse et dyslexie: quand les éditeurs s'engagent |url=https://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/articles/litterature-jeunesse-et-dyslexie-quand-les-editeurs-sengagent |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=www.ricochet-jeunes.org |language=fr}} and began writing fictions for publishing houses such as Casterman, Castelmore, Thierry Magnier, Gulf Stream, Hachette, and Gallimard.
= Children's literature =
Sophie Ruhaud wrote some twenty internationally acclaimed children's novels, notably in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Poland and Latvia.{{Cite web |title=308705138 |url=https://viaf.org/viaf/308705138/#Edgar,_Sil%C3%A8ne,_1978- |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=viaf.org}}
Her breakthrough work is the post-apocalyptic Moana adventure trilogy published by Castelmore{{cite web |title=Silène EDGAR - Bibliographie Livres - Biographie - nooSFere |url=https://www.noosfere.org/livres/auteur.asp?numauteur=2147194720 |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=www.noosfere.org |language=fr}} (inspired by her year in Tahiti), which won the 2011 CRILJ First Novel Award. Her novel 8,848 mètres, published by Casterman and edited by Vincent Villeminot in 2020,{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-20 |title=Billom - Une autrice au collège Notre-Dame |url=https://www.lamontagne.fr/billom-63160/actualites/une-autrice-au-college-notre-dame_14102193/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=www.lamontagne.fr}} is inspired by the story of her cousin Marion Chaygneaud-Dupuy, who lived in Tibet for 20 years and climbed Mount Everest 3 times.Informal interview with Sophie Ruhaud on May 17, 2022.
In 2014, she co-wrote the novel 14-14 with Paul Beorn, published by Castelmore,{{cite web |date=2021-04-09 |title=14 14 de Silène Edgar et Paul Beorn |url=https://www.echodesmondes.com/livres/14-14-silene-edgar-paul-beorn/ |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Echo Des Mondes |language=fr-FR}} which parallels the stories of two boys a century apart.
They continue their collaboration with the novel Lune Rousse, Les Loups-garous de Thiercelieux in November 2018, around the universe of the eponymous board game by Philippe des Pallières and Hervé Marly.{{cite web |title=Silène Edgar |url=https://intergalactiques.net/silene-edgar/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Festival Les Intergalactiques |language=fr-FR}} Then, in 2021, they will work together on the historical fantasy novel La Dame des murs, published by Castelmore.{{cite web |title=EDGAR Silène |url=https://www.imaginales.fr/invites/edgar-silene/ |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=Les Imaginales |language=fr-FR}}
She also published three historical novels about various themes in French history: Adèle et les noces de la reine Margot (2015),{{cite web |title=Adèle et les noces de la Reine Margot : 2015 le jour, 1572 la nuit... - Silène EDGAR - Histoire d'en Lire |url=https://www.histoiredenlire.com/epoque-moderne/adele-et-les-noces-de-la-reine-margot.php |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=www.histoiredenlire.com}} Les Lettres volées (2016){{cite web |title=Roman historique : Les lettres volées |url=https://actualitte.com/article/26554/chroniques/roman-historique-les-lettres-volees |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=ActuaLitté.com |language=fr-FR}} and 42 jours (2017).
In 2019, her novel Pour un sourire de Milad in collaboration with illustrator Annie Carbo addresses the issue of welcoming unaccompanied minors. She diversified her activity towards the youngest and first readings, with On a tué la petite souris illustrated by Noëmie Chevalier and L'arbre-lit, her first album, illustrated by Gilles Freluche and published by La cabane bleue in 2020.
= Adult literature =
Silène Edgar published two novellas for an adult audience: Fortune Cookies, a short story of anticipation on the state of emergency, and Féelure, burlesque fantasy{{Refnec|date=May 2022}}.
She also published Les Affamés (2019) at J'ai Lu (collection Nouveaux Millénaires), with a preface by Pierre Bordage, which describes a hygienist democraty with republican appearances, but hiding a regime prone to censorship and violence.{{cite web |date=2019-06-12 |title=Les Affamés Silène Edgar de Silène Edgar (Anticipation) : la critique Télérama |url=https://www.telerama.fr/livres/les-affames,n6290494.php |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=Télérama |language=fr-FR}}
In 2019, she published an auto-fiction, Ce Caillou dans ma chaussure, linked to her teenager novel Pour un sourire de Milad, on the theme of isolated minors.{{cite web |title=De quoi ça parle ? Ce caillou dans ma chaussure, Silène Edgar | website=YouTube | date=9 July 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6cGxZU6ql8 |access-date=2022-05-17 |language=fr-FR}}
In an interview in 2022, Silène Edgar announced her upcoming projects.{{cite web |last=Addictic |title=Les projets pour 2022 de vos auteurs - Mel Andoryss et Silène Edgar |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/les-projets-pour-2022-de-vos-auteurs-mel-andoryss-et-sil%C3%A8ne-edgar |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire |language=fr-FR}}
= Other activities =
She lives near Saint-Émilion.{{cite web |last=Chavant |first=Matis |date=2022-01-21 |title=Marmande. Silène Edgar encourage la jeunesse à écrire |url=https://actu.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/marmande_47157/marmande-silene-edgar-encourage-la-jeunesse-a-ecrire_48113085.html |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=actu.fr |language=fr}}
Silène Edgar also worked with a circle of writers who were friends. In particular, she founded the website Callioprofs with a group of authors from her high school, she and Cindy van Wilder being the main columnists.
She trained in a variety of subjects, like the introduction to screenwriting at La Fémis (2017), cultural mediation, etc. From 2009 to 2013, she was a permanent volunteer at the Cocyclics association, a place of art and culture for authors of the imaginary created in 2007 where she managed the forum on a daily basis, organized and intervened in literary events in person and remotely. In 2017, she produced the documentary sequence Céleste, ma planète, a philosophical tale about ecology by Timothée de Fombelle.{{cite book |last1=Ruhaud-Trouffier |first1=Sophie |url=https://stjobain35.basecdi.fr/pmb/opac_css/index.php?lvl=author_see&id=11164 |title=Céleste, ma planète : séquence |date=2017 |publisher=Gallimard |series=Folio junior |language=fr-FR |access-date=2022-05-06}}
She is also known for her research activity, initiated during her master's dissertations and which she resumed for the conference "Fantasy and History" of the fantasy festival Les Imaginales at Épinal, on the theme of Harry Potter and its link to witch hunts, social protest and anti-fascism.{{cite web |last= |date=2019-11-21 |title=Fantasy et Histoire(s) - L'Histoire dans l'histoire : chasse aux sorcières, contestation sociale et anti-fascisme dans Harry Potter |url=https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/fantasy-et-histoires-lhistoire-dans-lhistoire-chasse-aux-sorci%C3%A8res-contestation-sociale-et-anti-fascisme-dans-harry-potter |access-date=2022-05-07 |website=ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire |language=fr}}{{cite journal |last=Jaurès |first=Cécile |date=2021-11-30 |title=Littérature jeunesse : le renouveau du fantastique |url=https://www.la-croix.com/Famille/Litterature-jeunesse-renouveau-litterature-fantastique-2021-11-30-1201187743 |journal=La Croix |language=fr-FR |issn=0242-6056 |access-date=2022-05-07 }} She also moderated the festival for several years with Élise Dattin.{{cite web |title=Les interviews des imaginales |url=https://www.imaginales.fr/les-interviews-des-imaginales-silene-edgar/ |url-access= |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Les Imaginales |date=30 May 2020 |language=fr-FR}} In 2019, she became educational coordinator and editor of the fantasy pedagogy site of the National Library of France (BnF).
As part of the Tandem de Nevers festival, she participated in a workshop with Maëlig Duval.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-02-08 |title=decize - Un duo d'auteures connectées |url=https://www.lejdc.fr/decize-58300/actualites/un-duo-dauteures-connectees_14083128/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Le Journal du Centre |language=fr-FR}}
Works
= Fiction =
== For youth ==
- 2010: {{cite book|location=France |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |title=Moana, tome 1. La saveur des figues}}
- 2011: {{cite book|location=France |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |title=Moana, tome 2. Le bateau vagabond}}
- 2013: {{cite book|location=France |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |title=Moana, tome 3. A la source des nuages}}
- 2014: {{cite book |isbn=9791091233286 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Issy-les-Moulineaux |series=Imaginemos jeunesse |title=Le manoir en folie|date=25 September 2014 }}{{cite book |last1= |first1= |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/897655266 |title=Le manoir en folie |date=2014 |publisher=Imaginemos |isbn=9791091233286 |language=FR-fr |oclc=897655266 |access-date=2022-05-12}}
- 2014: {{cite book |date= 2016|isbn=9782362311932 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |title=14-14}}
- 2015: {{cite book |date= 24 April 2015|isbn=9782362311451 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |title=Adèle et les noces de la reine Margot}}
- 2016: {{cite book |date= |isbn= |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |title=Les Lettres volées 1661. Mademoiselle de Sévigné au temps du Roi-Soleil}}
- 2017: {{cite book |date= 10 April 2019|isbn=9782362316821 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |title=42 jours}}
- 2018: {{cite book |date= 14 November 2018|last2=Beorn |first2=Paul |isbn=9782362312076 |publisher=Castelmore |last1=Edgar |first1=Silène |title=Les loups-garous de Thiercelieux : lune rousse}}
- 2019: {{cite book |date= |isbn= |language=fr-FR |publisher=Scrineo |title=Un sourire pour Milad}}{{Cite web |date=2019-11-27 |title=Thisbé fond « Pour un Sourire de Milad » et nous aussi |url=https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/livres/2637767-20191027-pour-un-sourire-de-milad |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=www.20minutes.fr |language=fr}}
- 2021: {{cite book |author2=Paul Beorn |date=2021 |isbn=9782362317538 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Castelmore |last=Edgar |first=Silène |title=La Dame des Murs 1961-2021. Derrière le Mur, la magie au cœur des souvenirs}}
- 2021: {{cite book|date=2021 |isbn=978-2-203-22254-0 |language=fr-FR |others=Charline Picard |publisher=Casterman |title=Les animaux de Mini-Bois 1. Le Cookie empoisonné}}
- 2021: {{cite book|date=2021 |isbn=978-2-203-22423-0 |language=fr-FR |others=Charline Picard |publisher=Casterman |title=Les animaux de Mini-Bois 2. Le Trésor du marais}}
- 2022: {{cite book|date=2022 |isbn=978-2203236608 |language=fr-FR |others=Charline Picard |publisher=Casterman |title=Les animaux de mini-bois 3. Le Chemin des étoiles}}
== For adults ==
- 2012: {{cite book|date=2012 |isbn=9782352842071 |language=fr-FR |publisher=du Jasmin |series=Nouvelles fantastiques |title=Les moelleuses au chocolat}}
- 2014: {{cite book|date=2014 |isbn=979-10-281-1421-3 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Bragelonne-Snark |title=Fortune Cookies}}
- 2014: {{cite book|date=2014 |isbn=9791028102197 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Bragelonne-Snark |title=Féelure}}
- 2015: {{cite book |author1=Silène |first=Edgar |chapter= |date= |edition= |isbn=979-10-97100-84-1 |language=fr-FR |orig-date= |publisher=Editions Mille Cent Quinze |title=Le troll médecin}}
- 2018: {{cite book |author1= |chapter=Plénitude |date=2018 |isbn=9791097100841 |language=fr-FR |title=Anthologie Dimension Technosciences @venir - Rivière Blanche}}
- 2019: {{cite book|date=2019 |isbn=978-2227494572 |language=fr-FR |publisher=J'ai Lu |series=Nouveaux Millénaires |title=Les Affamés}}
- 2019: {{cite book|date=2019 |isbn=9782490418244 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Le Cellier : Géphyre |title=Ce caillou dans ma chaussure : l'histoire de Salim}}
- 2019: {{cite book|chapter=Inconnue à cette adresse |date=2019 |isbn=9791097100841 |language=fr-FR |title=Utopiales 19, ActuSF, Les Trois Souhaits}}
- 2021: {{cite book|chapter=Espoir |date=2021 |isbn=9791097100841 |language=fr-FR |title=Par-delà l'Horizon, ActuSF, Les Trois Souhaits |last1=Edgar |first1=Silène |publisher=Les Éditions Mille Cent Quinze }}
= Youth album =
- 2020: {{cite book|date=2020 |isbn=9782367408347 |language=fr-FR |others=Noëmie Chevalier |publisher=Scrineo |series=Les coups de cœur |title=On a tué la petite souris}}
- 2020: {{cite book|date=2020 |isbn=9782491231040 |language=fr-FR |others=Gilles Freluche |publisher=La Cabane bleue |title=L'arbre-lit}}
- 2022: {{cite book|date=2022 |isbn=9782362314216 |language=fr-FR |others=Romain Ronzeau |publisher=Castelmore |title=Louise Cigogne}}
= Articles =
- 2010: {{cite book|author1=with Paul Beorn, Agnès Marto & all. |date=24 May 2019 |edition=4 |isbn=978-2-9543322-2-2 |language=fr-FR |orig-date=2010 |publisher=Association Tremplins de l'Imaginaire |title=Le Grimoire Galactique des Grenouilles, guide des éditeurs de l'imaginaire}}{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-07 |language=fr-FR |title=Le guide des éditeurs de l'imaginaire (GGG) – 4e édition (2019) – CoCyclics |url=https://cocyclics.org/?page_id=621}}
- 2014: {{cite book|date=November 2014 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Les Cahiers du CRILJ |series=6 |title=Une histoire du théâtre jeune public}}
- 2018: {{cite book|author1=Anne Besson |chapter="Contes", "J.K. Rowling", "Fantasy jeunesse" |date=2018 |edition=1 |isbn=9782363583154 |language=fr-FR |publisher=Vendemiaire |title=Dictionnaire de la fantasy}}{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-06 |date=2018-11-28 |language=fr-FR |title=La fantasy touche bien souvent à nos interrogations contemporaines |url=https://www.humanite.fr/culture-et-savoirs/fantasy/la-fantasy-touche-bien-souvent-nos-interrogations-contemporaines-664349 |website=L'Humanité}}{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-06 |first=Sarah |language=fr-FR |last=Ghelam |title=En quête des albums jeunesse de fantasy (1) |url=https://genreed.hypotheses.org/2219 |website=Genre de l'édition|date=2022 |doi=10.58079/oz35 }} Prix du jury des Imaginales 2019{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-07 |language=fr-FR |last=Collectif Noosfere |title=Dictionnaire de la fantasy |url=https://www.noosfere.org/livres/niourf.asp?NumLivre=2146600411 |website=www.noosfere.org}}
- 2019: {{cite book|date=2019 |language=fr-FR |title=L'Histoire dans l'histoire : chasse aux sorcières, contestation sociale et anti-fascisme dans Harry Potter}}
References
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External links
- [https://augredemeshumeurs.blogspot.com/ Blog personnel "Au gré de mes humeurs"]
- [http://lasaveurdesfigues.com/ Ancien site officiel]
- [https://rcf.frhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.fr/actualite/evenements/embed?episodeId=206072 Interview]
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