BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Ponthus
Joseph Ponthus, born in 1978, lives and works in Brittany. After studying literature in Reims and social work in Nancy, he worked for more than ten years as a specialist educator in the suburbs of Paris, where he directed and published Nous… la Cité (Éditions Zones, 2012). His first novel, À la ligne, was published in January 2019. It was awarded the Grand Prix RTL/Lire, the Prix Régine Deforges, the Prix Jean Amila-Meckert, the Prix du Premier Roman des lecteurs des bibliothèques de la Ville de Paris, and the Prix Eugène Dabit du Roman populiste.
Josph Ponthus died from cancer in February 2021.