Born in Burgundy, I have lived twenty-one years in Asia: nineteen years in Japan and two years in China.

After studying philosophy in Nancy and obtaining a master degree in humanities ("Essay on the philosophical criticism of economic rationalization, as it emerged from the work of Walras : Elements of pure political economy"), I graduated in Chinese studies at the Paris Institute of oriental languages and civilizations.

The title of my doctorate thesis dissertation is: "Li Dazhao and the Quest for Eternal Spring."

(it can be downloaded free of charge with all my other books and novels at www.researchgate.net)

 

I pursued my researches at Beijing Institute for languages, Nanjing University and Tokyo University and eventually settled in Japan where I was a lecturer at Nagasaki Foreign Languages University and, during more than fifteen years, professor at the foreign language school of JICA (Japanese International Cooperation Agency) - of the Japanese Foreign Office. Back to France, I have been consultant and adviser for the Far East activities of the L’Oreal group, teacher of Japanese, Chinese and French as a foreign language, and professor of Oriental philosophies.

 

I also worked several years on an Internet site for water ecology problems worldwide (www.waternunc.com) doing translations from the Chinese and writing articles.

 

My expertise covers cross culture problems, Chinese and Japanese languages, French as a foreign language, comparative psychology and philosophy, preparation for long stay in Asia, culture shock and cultural facilitation.

I wrote several articles on line at (www.waternunc.com) and a book The Sherpa and the White Man, as well as eight novels,

 

and nine short stories, a play "The Submarine in Flames", and travel notes (Nancy, Paris, Beijing, Nanjing, Osaka, Nagasaki, Tokyo) under the general title : "Bitterness of a Life".

 

"The Sherpa and the White Man" has been published on April 2009 by Gallimard.