Stéphane Heuet.

Stéphane Heuet is a French cartoonist. He is the screenwriter and designer of the comic book adaptation of À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust.

His desire is to open up the formidable prose work for audiences who have yet to experience it.

In 2020, Stéphane Heuet is the winner of the Grand Prix Hervé Deluen awarded by the French Academy for his adaptation of Marcel Proust's literary work.

The photographs of Stéphane Heuet were taken at his home in Paris, March 2023.

Stéphane Heuet, Paris 2023

All the portraits of Stéphane Heuet are available at the Opale Agency.

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The eight volumes of the comic book adaptation of À la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust

(Editions Delcourt, 1998-2021)

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The Swedish quarterly magazine Biblis published in 2021 an article written by Stéphane Heuet, "På spaning efter den tid som flytt som seriealbum" (Biblis 93, p 32-39).

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Philippe Bouquet.

I was greatly saddened to learn of the death of Philippe Bouquet, a former Professor of Scandinavian Literature at the University of Caen, and also a translator of Swedish literature and a prominent specialist on the proletarian literary movement.

I had the great pleasure of working with him on a project that was close to his heart, a passion he had developed during stays in Sweden in the regions of Västergötland and Värmland — the study of country churches, often very small ones, richly decorated with paintings dating from the Middle Ages. We travelled through these regions together in the spring of 2009, visiting 31 churches in total, following a well-established routine: while Philippe supplemented his notes from previous visits, I made sure to document in photographs the buildings and the artworks they contain. The book Svenska landsbygdskyrkor / Swedish Country Churches finally saw the light of day last year, published at the author's own expense. But above all, Philippe leaves behind him an impressive list of works translated from Swedish into French. Stig Dagerman, Henning Mankell, Wilhelm Moberg, Björn Larsson, Aino Trosell, Carl-Henning Wijkmark and so many other Swedish authors owe it to him that they can be read in French today.

Philippe was a tireless discoverer who worked with curiosity and tenacity to "smuggle" new literary works across the borders to wider readership. He translated more than 200 literary works.

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Philippe Bouquet

Värmland, spring 2009

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Svenska landsbygdskyrkor

Eglises de campagne suédoises

The book present 30 churches from two regions of Sweden, Västergötland and Värmland.

The foreword and the texts for each church are written by Philippe Bouquet (texts in Swedish, French and English).

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"Årsboken", by Sven Olov Karlsson.

I set in motion the translation of the short story collection Årsboken, written by the Swedish author Sven Olov Karlsson (Natur och Kultur, 2020).

The collection includes 12 short stories, each related to a month of the year, in which the author describes snapshots of the lives of various characters in the contemporary Sweden.

Sven Olov Karlsson, born in 1971, has published eight books and is considered as one of Sweden's most talented contemporary author. He grew up in the countryside in Västmanlands region and worked as a metal worker, assistant nurse, farmer and journalist before becoming a writer.

His novels, short stories and reportage are often about the modern Swedish countryside and its marginalized inhabitants.

Prizes and nominations in selection: nominated for the August Prize for the best fiction book of the year 2013, nominated for the August Prize for the best non-fiction book of the year 2017, Ivar-Lo Prize 2018, De Nios Winter Prize 2020, Tidningen Vi's literature prize 2021.

I am now looking for a French publisher which would be interested in introducing Karlsson's literary work to French readers.

Sven Olov Karlsson is represented by the literature agency Gudrun Hebel (Berlin).

Contact: gudrun.hebel@agentur-literatur.de

You can read a brief synopsis of the story (in French) and even read more about Sven Olov Karlsson here.

The Swedish Institute in Paris presents also Årsboken on its website.

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Sven Olov Karlsson

Stockholm, 2020 (above)

Järna, 2023 (below)

All the portraits of Sven Olov Karlsson are available at the Opale Agency.

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