About Me

“Great misfortunes make great novels. Small misfortunes make French teachers.”

(Ludovic Pannatier)

French and philosophy teacher in secondary education in Switzerland for fifteen years.

At nineteen, grand winner of the international “Get Lyrical SongWriting Contest” by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, among over 8,000 participants in five languages. Signed a publishing deal with EMI for the lyrics “Un pied dans la mer.”

Short story “Oxygène” awarded Best Short Story by WriteMovies (2004).

Lyricist on the album “Multifaces” by Bertrand Bitz. Songs in the top 3 of Swiss public radio Option Musique. “En Thalasso” — 2nd prize at the Médaille d’or de la chanson (Saignelégier, 2007).

Lyrics for Didier Boutteville Kraemer, produced by David Gategno: “Si les vents tournaient” (2011), “Le jardin du Luxembourg” (2010), “Je me perdrai vraiment” (2010).

Francophonie Prize — International Poetry Competition of the Sorbonne (2016) for the poem “Orage.”

Alongside writing, I am passionate about photography and visual creation — parodies of masterpieces, collage, artistic reinterpretation.

Le Dernier Roman, a literary fiction novel, is currently being submitted to publishers and literary agents.