Sylvain Coher

Sylvain Coher
Period: 2005-2006
Profession: Writer Born in Suresnes in 1971. Studied Lettres Modernes at the University of Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle. Has devoted his time to writing since 2002. Contributes to collective works, including Deux sur un banc, a play co-written with Eric Pessan, published on the contemporary literature website www.remue.net. Has published several short stories in magazines and three novels with Joca Seria: Hors Saison in 2002, La Recette de Stein in 2004, Facing in 2005 and Fidéicommis, novel, published in April 2006 by Naïve. In residence for a year at the Villa Médicis, he is working on a fictional text based on the performance of marathon runner Abebe Bikila at the 1960 Olympic Games.