Heuvelmans Bio Takes Grand Prix
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 4th, 2007
Jean-Jacques Barloy, who wrote in French the beautiful biography “Bernard Heuvelmans, un rebelle de la science” (1st volume of the “Bibliothèque Heuvelmansienne,” Editions de l’Oeil du Sphinx, juin 2007) – Bernard Heuvelmans: A Rebel of Science – won the “Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2008” (category essay), it was announced on Friday, November 3, 2007.
Jean-Jacques Barloy is shown with some of Alika Lindbergh’s paintings behind him. Lindbergh was Heuvelmans partner/lover during the last part of his life, and her paintings are frequently seen as the covers of his books.
The grand prize winners were awarded during the Nantes International Science Fiction Festival Utopiales 2007, held in Nantes, France, from October 31 through November 4, 2007.
The Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire 2008 considered books during a selection period from July 2006 to June 2007.
The worlds of cryptozoology and historical biographies congratulate Jean-Jacques Barloy for this well-deserved honor.
Jean-Luc Rivera accepted the award on behalf of Barloy who could not attend.
(At this time, the book appears to be only available in France, as per here.)
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Combien?
“Combien” = How much?
25 € = 25 Euros?
In France.
That’s Funny. I was born in France & I didn’t know what combien was. Guess that’s normal for one that hasn’t been there since he was 4 months old.