Sabrina Calvo Explained

Sabrina Calvo
Birth Name:David Calvo
Birth Date:19 September 1974
Birth Place:Marseille
Nationality:French
Occupation:Writer

Sabrina Calvo (born 19 September 1974) is a French author of transfeminist science fiction, illustrator and games writer.

Calvo identifies as a transgender person, with her work published as "David Calvo" before 2018.[1]

Biography

Sabrina Calvo was born on 19 September 1974 in Marseille.[2] [3] She came out as trans in 2017 in the Mauvais Genre programme at the Utopiales festival.[4] She lives between Paris and Montreal.

Sabrina Calvo is a writer and also a performance artist, and has collaborated with artists including Jeff Mills at the Musée du Louvre in 2015.[5] She has given talks and round tables at the Chroniques Digital Arts Biennial,[6] Mutek,[7] Sonic Protest,[8],[9] les Utopiales, les Imaginales, les Intergalactiques and la Maison de la poésie,[10] among others.

In 2021 she spoke out in favour of reforming sexist and toxic behaviour in the world of fantasy literature publishing.[11] [12]

Sabrina Calvo co-wrote the virtual reality drama 7 Lives, directed by Jan Kounen. 7 Lives is part of the 2019 VR selection at the Tribeca Film Festival.[13] [14]

Career in science fiction literature

Her first novel, Délius, une chanson d'été,[15] was published in 1997. The book refers in particular to the composer Frederick Delius, and the title is taken from a song by Kate Bush, Delius (Song of Summer), which appeared on the album Never for Ever,[16] [17]

In 2004, based on a script by Sabrina Calvo, drew Télémaque,[18] in which the author's dreamlike world’ is expressed. In 2006, the duo published Akhénaton, co-written with Thomas Azuélos, tackling the subject of transidentity. ActuaBD described the work as [19] In 2015, Sabrina Calvo published Sous la Colline, a transfeminist[20] urban fantasy novel exploring the intimate topography of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille and exploiting the myths of the city.[21] [22] Her counter-dystopian novel Toxoplasma, featuring an anti-capitalist commune in Montreal[23] and questioning gender identities, won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2018.[24] [25]

Melmoth Furieux

She continued her exploration of these themes with Melmoth Furieux, an uchronia published in 2021, featuring an update of the Paris Commune in an alternative, policed and authoritarian present.[26] In this novel, she takes her inspiration from Eulalie Papavoine, a dressmaker and ambulance driver during the Paris Commune, for the book's main character and narrator named Fi. Fi is a seamstress from Belleville whose brother, a Disney employee, set himself on fire during the inauguration of Disneyland in 1992, and who joins a self-managed commune in Belleville to organise the revolt against the militia. The book's title is a reference to Balzac's short story Melmoth réconcilié and Charles Robert Maturin's novel Melmoth ou l'Homme errant.[27] [28]

Analysis of her works

Her novels, often classified as science fiction, explore the geographical worlds of cities such as Marseille, Paris and Montreal, in a dystopian, dreamlike universe inspired by maps of places and revolutionary historical events from an anti-capitalist, anarchist and transfeminist perspective, at the crossroads between the genres of cyber punk and urban fantasy.[29] [30] She is cited as one of the emblematic authors of lesbian literature.[31]

Sabrina Calvo's novels and productions have won awards. Her novel Wonderful won the 2002 .[32] Sous la Colline won the 2016, and Toxoplasma won the 2018 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and the Prix Rosny aîné the same year.[33]

Awards

Publications

Games

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cloutier . Mario . 19 July 2018 . Sabrina Calvo: l'envie du Québec . fr . Cyberpresse.
  2. Web site: Paris 8 . Université . 2021-02-08 . Rencontre avec Sabrina Calvo . 2024-07-20 . France Culture . fr.
  3. News: Cloutier . Mario . 2018-07-19 . Sabrina Calvo: l'envie du Québec . 2024-07-20 . La Presse . fr-CA.
  4. Web site: Rencontre avec Sabrina Calvo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720102059/https://octaviana.fr/items/show/9500#?c=&m=&s=&cv= . 20 July 2024 . 20 July 2024 . octaviana.fr . fr.
  5. Web site: The Last Storyteller : Jeff Mills et David Calvo @Auditorium du Louvre . 2024-07-20 . www.sortiraparis.com . fr.
  6. Web site: Biennial of Digital Imaginaries 2020 – Chroniques . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720103831/https://chroniques.org/en/evenement/biennial-of-digital-imaginaries-2020/ . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . chroniques.org . fr.
  7. Web site: Sabrina Calvo . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720103945/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://montreal.mutek.org/en/speakers/sabrina-calvo . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . MUTEK Montréal . fr.
  8. Web site: Agoras à Saint-Ouen le 25-26 mars 2022 [Festival Sonic Protest] ]. live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720104539/https://commedesfous.com/agoras-a-saint-ouen-le-25-26-mars-2022-festival-sonic-protest/ . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . commedesfous.com . fr-FR.
  9. Web site: Voyageurs . Etonnants . 2024-07-20 . Quand le jeu vidéo rencontre la littérature . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720105246/https://www.etonnants-voyageurs.com/Quand-le-jeu-video-rencontre-la-litterature.html . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . Etonnants Voyageurs . fr.
  10. Web site: 2021 . « Se réinventer en communautés, deux visages de la science-fiction queer » avec Sabrina Calvo & Phoebe Hadjimarkos Clarke . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240427174839/https://maisondelapoesieparis.com/programme/le-mois-de-limaginaire-sabrina-calvo-phoebe-hadjimarkos-clarke/ . 2024-04-27 . 2024-04-27 . Maison de la poésie . fr.
  11. Web site: Dupont-Besnard . Marcus . 2021-05-05 . « Le niveau d'exigence est plus élevé que pour les hommes » : comment lutter contre le sexisme dans la SF/fantasy ? . 2024-07-20 . Numerama . fr-FR.
  12. Web site: Addictic . Huit autrices de Bragelonne écrivent une lettre ouverte à leur éditeur . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720105904/https://www.actusf.com/detail-d-un-article/huit-autrices-de-bragelonne-%C3%A9crivent-une-lettre-ouverte-a-leur-%C3%A9diteur . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire . fr.
  13. Web site: 7 Lives 2019 Tribeca Festival . 2024-07-20 . Tribeca.
  14. News: Landoyer . Laurence . 26 November 2019 . 7 lives : oeuvre en VR de Jan Kounen aux multiples récompenses . fr.
  15. Web site: Addictic . La Nuit des labyrinthes - Les secrets d'écriture de Sabrina Calvo . 2024-07-20 . ActuSF - Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire . fr.
  16. Book: Farasse, Gérard . Envois & Dédicaces . 2010-06-10 . Presses Univ. Septentrion . 978-2-7574-0160-6 . fr.
  17. Web site: Rock'n'write : David Calvo - Le blog Bifrost Le Bélial . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720110850/https://blog.belial.fr/post/2012/12/17/Rock-n-write-David-Calvo . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . blog.belial.fr . fr.
  18. Web site: Télémaque . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720111352/https://www.actuabd.com/Telemaque . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . ActuaBD . fr.
  19. Web site: Taugis . David . Akhénaton - par Azuélos et Calvo - Carabas . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240427174834/https://www.actuabd.com/Akhenaton-par-Azuelos-et-Calvo-Carabas . 2024-04-27 . 2024-07-20 . ActuaBD . fr.
  20. Web site: Allan . 2017-12-12 . Rencontre avec Sabrina Calvo . live . https://archive.today/20240720112809/https://www.fantastinet.com/rencontre-avec-sabrina-calvo/#selection-361.0-361.5 . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . Fantastinet . fr-FR.
  21. Web site: Moulin . Louis . « Envisager les bâtiments comme des mystères": discussion sur la ville avec Sabrina Calvo . live . https://archive.today/20240720113417/https://www.pop-up-urbain.com/envisager-les-batiments-comme-des-mysteres-discussion-sur-la-ville-avec-sabrina-calvo/ . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . pop-up urbain, cabinet de conseil en prospective urbaine . fr.
  22. Web site: Lavergne . Sophie . 2021-12-09 . La science-fiction « intime et anarchiste » de Sabrina Calvo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240720113809/https://friction-magazine.fr/la-science-fiction-intime-et-anarchiste-de-sabrina-calvo/ . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . Friction Magazine . fr-FR.
  23. News: Guy . Chantal . 2019-06-05 . SF et fantasy féministe: il existe d'autres mondes . live . https://archive.today/20240720114328/https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/litterature/2019-06-05/sf-et-fantasy-feministe-il-existe-d-autres-mondes . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . La Presse . fr-CA.
  24. Web site: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2018 – Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire . 2024-07-20 . fr-FR.
  25. Web site: Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire : Toxoplasma de Calvo consacré . 2024-07-20 . ActuaLitté.com . fr-FR.
  26. Web site: Dupont-Besnard . Marcus . 2021-09-19 . Sabrina Calvo : dans Melmoth Furieux, la solidarité « pose les bases d'une société future » . 2024-07-20 . Numerama . fr-FR.
  27. Web site: Roussel . Frédérique . «Melmoth Furieux», tornade à la communarde . 2024-07-20 . Libération . fr.
  28. Web site: Nadeau) . Sébastien Omont (En attendant . 2021-09-05 . Pour la rentrée littéraire, trois romans souples et fraternels . 2024-07-20 . Mediapart . fr.
  29. Web site: 28 September 2024 . Melmoth furieux de sabrina Calvo . live . https://archive.today/20240720120149/https://lundi.am/Melmoth-furieux-de-Sabrina-Calvo . 20 July 2024 . 20 July 2024 . lundi.am . fr.
  30. Web site: De Sepausy . Victor . 27 August 2021 . Sabrina Calvo, aux avant-postes de la révolution avec Melmoth furieux . live . https://archive.today/20240720120737/https://actualitte.com/article/102100/avant-parutions/sabrina-calvo-aux-avant-postes-de-la-revolution-avec-melmoth-furieux . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . ActuaLitté.com . fr-FR.
  31. Web site: Turbiau . Aurore . 2022-04-24 . Quels sont les noms qui rayonnent dans la littérature lesbienne ? . 2024-07-20 . The Conversation . en-US.
  32. Web site: Julia Verlanger - Prix littéraire - nooSFere . 2024-07-20 . www.noosfere.org . fr.
  33. Web site: Sabrina Calvo et Loïc Henry, Prix Rosny aîné 2018 . 2024-07-20 . ActuaLitté.com . fr-FR.
  34. Web site: Lauréats 2016 | Prix Bob Morane.
  35. Web site: Les Grands Prix de l'Imaginaire 2018 dévoilés. Livres Hebdo.
  36. Web site: Oniri Islands»: a successful quest. December 12, 2018.
  37. Web site: The Inner Friend - A video game by PLAYMIND. theinnerfriend.com.
  38. Web site: THE INNER FRIEND Dialogue-Free Jungian-themed Horror Game Releasing this Summer. March 27, 2019.

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