Joseph Vebret

Biography

Of a father Auvergnat teacher and of a French-speaking means-Eastern mother, Joseph Vebret is resulting from an improbable meeting in 1956 in a shared taxi between Beirut and Alep.

Only sons, nourished of two cultures, its childhood and part of its adolescence are held in a particular atmosphere, that of the communities expatriates, centers of the Alliance Fran1caise, embassies and consulates.

After a few years with, it starts its schooling with Teheran, then with Bizerte and the French Institute of Athens. Of return in France in 1972, it makes its studies with the College Blaise Pascal of Clermont-Ferrand and takes down a baccalaureat D in 1976. The continuation will be more chaotic. Registered to the Medical college, it spends more time in the coffees, to read and write, that on the benches of the amphitheaters. In 1979, after a long hospitalization, it starts studies of Right then integrates Science Po Paris (1982-1984). In same time, it measuring rod for local and national supports.

From 1984 to 1990, he is specialized journalist in the media ( Stratégies , then writer as an chief-assistant of Médias and finally editor association of the Echo of the press ). At the beginning of 1991, it joined the cabinet of the Minister for Comminication in the capacity as adviser technical in charge of the questions of written press and publicity (Catherine Tasca then Georges Kiejman). In 1993, it takes the drafting as a chief of the quarterly review Médiaspouvoirs (until 2001), while collaborating in various newspapers, of which the Point . In March 1995, following the skid of an organizer to the antenna, it is named operations manager near the president of Fun Radio, responsible with the deontologic questions, the foreign relations and the creation of the foundation of company of which he will be the managing director. In 1998, it founds a cabinet of lobbying and council in communication corporate. In same time, leading activities for Editions 1.

In September 1998 appears its first novel the Suffer-pleasure (Jean Picollec editor), which will obtain the Price of autumn 1998 of the Société of the Men of letters (Thyde Monnier).

In January 2002, it decides to stop any activity paid to devote itself exclusively only to the writing. Since, it is divided full-time between the edition, in the capacity as director of collection (documents of topicality and others for the Archipelago, Écriture, presses of Châtelet), the leading direction of the the press Littéraire (re-examined quarterly started again in 2004) and of the Magazine of the Books (two-monthly created in November 2006) and the writing.

February 2005, publication of the part In absence (Editions the Minotaure Archangel), selected for the dramatic Grand Prix of literature 2006 and which will be put in scene and played by Alain Carré in April 2008 at the Theater of the Bad cold-Heart in Geneva.

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