Stéphanie Nicot Explained

Stéphanie Nicot
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Stéphanie Nicot (born 13 May 1952 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French essayist, anthologist, and literary critic, specialized in science fiction and fantasy.

Biography

Stéphanie Nicot graduated in contemporary literature and information communication. She worked in a variety of professions before teaching literature and history in a vocational lycée, before devoting herself entirely to literature.[1]

She is committed to the rights of trans persons.[2] She was assigned a boy at birth and made her transition around 2003. In 2004, she helped found the Trans Aide association in Nancy, which later became the Association nationale transgenre. She was its president until she was appointed head of the LGBTI+ Federation in 2014.[3] [4] With Alexandra Augst-Merelle, she published Changer de sexe : Identités transsexuelles, published by Le Cavalier Bleu in 2006.[5] In 2011, her marriage to her wife, on the day of a Pride march, even though she had not changed her sex at the registry office, was one of the first same-sex marriages in France.[6]

Career in literature

From 1996 to 2007, Stéphanie Nicot was editor-in-chief of the magazine . In 2001, she founded the publishing house Imaginaire sans frontières.[7] She is a specialist in fantasy literature.[8] She has been became artistic director of the Les Imaginales literary festival when it was founded in Épinal in 2002. She coordinated all the anthologies published after the various editions, including Magiciennes et Sorciers, Victimes et Bourreaux and Les coups de cœur des Imaginales.[9]

Her eviction from Les Imaginales by the Épinal town hall following the 2022 edition took place in a highly controversial context: the 2021 edition had been the occasion for several denunciations of sexism in the publishing world, and the festival organisers sanctioned – against Nicot's advice, it would seem – the personalities involved in the protests.[10] [11] The 2022 edition was once again the occasion for acts of protest against the management, acts that Nicot says she personally supported.[12]

Several authors published a letter of support for Stéphanie Nicot, among which ïan Larue, Floriane Soulas, Sylvie Lainé, Robin Hobb, Estelle Faye, Sara Doke, Sylvie Denis, Lucie Chenu,, and .[13]

Since 2016, she has been head of the science fiction collection at Scrineo.[14]

Works

Anthologies

Essays

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Belaïch . Charlotte . «Un tout petit pas en avant» vers le changement de sexe à l'état civil pour les transexuels . 2024-07-20 . Libération . fr.
  3. Web site: Le Corre . Maelle . 2014-04-08 . Bilan de 10 ans de militantisme trans’ avec Stéphanie Nicot, présidente de la Fédération LGBT . live . https://archive.today/20240720130955/https://www.komitid.fr/2014/04/08/bilan-de-10-ans-de-militantisme-trans-avec-stephanie-nicot-presidente-de-la-federation-lgbt/ . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . . fr.
  4. Web site: 2021-09-15 . Stéphanie Nicot, une fan de science-fiction . 2024-07-20 . Vivre Trans . fr-FR.
  5. Book: Augst-Merelle, Alexandra . Changer de sexe: identités transsexuelles . Nicot . Stéphanie . 2006 . Cavalier bleu . 978-2-84670-142-6 . Paris.
  6. News: 2011-06-05 . A Nancy, une femme née homme a pu épouser sa compagne . 2024-07-20 . Le Monde.fr . fr.
  7. Web site: Voyageurs . Etonnants . 2024-07-20 . NICOT Stéphanie . 2024-07-20 . Etonnants Voyageurs . fr.
  8. Web site: Le Goff . Delphine . 2017-10-11 . La tendance est à l'uchronie – Stratégies . live . https://archive.today/20240720132108/https://www.strategies.fr/etudes-tendances/tendances/4001844W/la-tendance-est-a-l-uchronie.html . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . www.strategies.fr . fr.
  9. Web site: NICOT Stéphanie . live . https://archive.today/20240720132445/https://www.imaginales.fr/invites/nicot-stephanie/ . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . Les Imaginales . fr-FR.
  10. Web site: Prolongeau . Hubert . 2022-05-24 . Aux Imaginales d’Épinal, les polémiques éclatent en série . live . https://archive.today/20240720132852/https://www.telerama.fr/livre/aux-imaginales-d-epinal-les-polemiques-eclatent-en-serie-7010551.php . 20 July 2024 . 2024-07-20 . www.telerama.fr . fr.
  11. Web site: Imaginales d'Épinal : un anniversaire sous tension . 2024-07-20 . Livres Hebdo . fr.
  12. Web site: Addictic . Imaginales – Stéphanie Nicot revient sur son éviction . 2024-07-20 . ActuSF – Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire . fr.
  13. Web site: 2024-07-19 . fr-FR . Affirmer à Stéphanie Nicot “confiance, estime et fidélité” . ActuaLitté.com.
  14. Web site: Addictic . Interview 2016 : Stéphanie Nicot pour la collection Space Opera de Scrineo . 2024-07-20 . ActuSF – Site sur l'actualité de l'imaginaire . fr.

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