Jacques Hiron
Encyclopedia
Jacques Hiron is a former merchant turned journalist, and writer of popular science
, fiction and graphic novels
.
He lives in Leucate
in southern France.
Popular science
Popular science, sometimes called literature of science, is interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is broad-ranging, often written by scientists as well as journalists, and is presented in many...
, fiction and graphic novels
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
.
He lives in Leucate
Leucate
Nestled between the Mediterranean sea and sea pond backing the Corbières mountains with an impressive view on the Canigou peak, Leucate is a community of typical villages lying among a unique natural landscape....
in southern France.
Popular science
- Nöel Hautemanière and Jacques Hiron: Leucate : plein cadre; livre de photographies (Leucate: Full Size; Photo Album). Toreilles, 2004, ISBN 2-9516053-3-1.
- Jacques Hiron: Il était une fois Leucate (Once Upon a Time There was Leucate). Leucate, Edition du Cap Leucate, 2005 (first ed. 1998 ).
Graphic novels
- La Foire aux frisés (The Curly Heads' Fair), Jean-Michel Arroyo (graphics), Jacques Hiron (script), 2003, ISBN 2846081115 , ISBN 978-2846081115.
- The scenario of the comic trilogy Le Paquebot des sables (bande dessinée) based on his novel Le Paquebot des Sables (dessins/designs by Jean-Michel Arroyo)
- Le Paquebot des sables, tome 1 : Karl, 2004, ISBN 2872652671, ISBN 978-2872652679
- Le Paquebot des sables, Tome 2 : Ingrid, 2005, ISBN 2872652949, ISBN 978-2872652945
- Le Paquebot des sables, Tome 3 : Günther, 2006, ISBN 287265335X, ISBN 978-2872653355