BERNARD WERBER

'Bernard Werber' (born September 18, 1961 in Toulouse) is a famous French writer of science fiction of the 1990s and 2000s.

Contents

Early life

Writing

Works

''Les Thanatonautes'' trilogy

''Le Père De Nos Pères'' trilogy

Experimental books

Short stories

Comics

Films

Theatre

References

External links

Early life

Werber was born in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) in September 1961. His mother is Israeli, and father a French Jew.^[1] From the age of 14, Werber wrote stories for a fanzine. After he finished school, he became a scientific journalist for some ten years.

Writing

Werber's style mixes different genres, notably the adventure saga, science fiction from between the wars and the philosophical story.
His main work is the trilogy ''Les Fourmis'' ("The Ants"), which has been translated in many languages, including English as "The Empire of the Ants". Werber has written a dozen books, frequently self- and cross-referencing each other. He has also produced a movie, ''La Reine De Nacre'' ("The Mother-of-pearl Queen"), and written a play, ''Nos Amis Les Humains'' ("Our Friends, the Humans").
He is also the author of two mystery and science-fiction novels, in which the two main characters are journalists. The first one addresses the issues of the origins of the human species (fr. ''Le Père De Nos Pères'') and the follow-up, with the same two journalists, addresses mysteries of the human brain (fr. ''L'Ultime Secret''). Moreover, he is the author of a five-part trilogy on the after-life (fr. ''Les Thanatonautes'', ''L'Empire Des Anges'', ''Nous Les Dieux'', ''Le Souffle Des Dieux'', and the upcoming ''Le Mystère Des Dieux'').

Works

===''Les Fourmis'' trilogy===

★ ''Les Fourmis'', Prix des lecteurs de Science et Avenir, 1991, ISBN 2-226-05257-7. (lit. ''The Ants'', translated into English as ''Empire of the Ants''). This book sold more than two million copies and has been translated into more than 30 languages.

★ ''Le Jour Des Fourmis'', 1992, ISBN 2-226-06118-5 (lit. ''The Day of the Ants'')

★ ''La Révolution Des Fourmis'', 1996, ISBN 2-226-08636-6 (lit. ''The Revolution of the Ants'')

''Les Thanatonautes'' trilogy

★ ''Les Thanatonautes'', 1994, ISBN 2-226-06758-2 (lit. ''The Thanatonauts'')

★ ''L'Empire Des Anges'', 2000, ISBN 2-226-11526-9 (lit. ''The Empire of the Angels'')

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★ ''Nous Les Dieux'', 2004, ISBN 2-226-15498-1 (lit. ''Us, Gods'')

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★ ''Le Souffle Des Dieux'', 2005, ISBN 2-226-16807-9 (lit. ''The Breath of the Gods'')

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★ ''Le Mystère Des Dieux'' (forthcoming in 2007) (lit. ''The Mystery of the Gods'')

''Le Père De Nos Pères'' trilogy

★ ''Le Père De Nos Pères'', 1998, ISBN 2-226-10562-X (lit. ''The Father of our Fathers'')

★ ''L'Ultime Secret'', 2001, ISBN 2-226-12740-2 (lit. ''The Ultimate Secret'')
no third book (as of 2006)

Experimental books

★ ''L'Encyclopédie Du Savoir Relatif Et Absolu'', 1993, ISBN 2-226-06583-0 (lit. ''The Encyclopedia of Relative and Absolute Knowledge'')

★ ''Le Livre Du Voyage'', 1997, ISBN 2-226-09445-8 (lit. ''The Book of Travel'')

★ ''Le Livre Secret Des Fourmis'', 2002 (lit. ''The Secret Book of the Ants'')

★ ''Nos Amis Les Humains'', 2003 (lit. ''Our Friends, the Humans'')

Short stories

★ ''L'Arbre Des Possibles'', 2002, ISBN 2-226-13459-X (lit. ''The Tree of Possibles'')

Comics

★ ''Exit''

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★ ''Exit Tome 1'', 1999, ISBN 2-226-10451-8

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★ ''Le Deuxième Cercle'', 2000, ISBN 2-226-11474-2 (lit. ''The Second Circle'')

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★ ''Jusqu'Au Dernier Souffle'', 2002 (lit. ''Until the Last Breath'')

★ ''Les Enfants D'Ève'', May 2005 (lit. ''The Children of Eve'')

Films

★ La Reine De Nacre (short, 15'), 2001 (lit. ''The Mother-of-pearl Queen'')

★ Les Humains (short, 9'), 2003 (lit. ''The Humans'')

★ Nos Amis Les Terriens (full length), produced by Claude Lelouch, 2007 (lit. ''Our Friends, the Earthlings'')

Theatre

★ ''Nos Amis Les Humains'', 2003, ISBN 2-226-13793-9, produced in 2004 by Jean-Christophe Barc with Audrey Dana and Jean-Christophe Barc

References

1. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=318715&contrassID=2&subContrassID=8&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

External links

★ Bernard Werber's official site

★ Bernard Werber's site in Russian