Philippe Rahmy studied the history of arts and egyptology at the École du Louvre in Paris, and graduated from the University of Lausanne in literature and philosophy.
He is a founding member of the prominent French literary site remue.net, focused on promoting contemporary literature over the Internet and through live events. He is a published author in France, USA, Italy, Switzerland and China.
Philippe Rahmy is also active as a photographer and as a director of award-winning independent short films. Philippe Rahmy suffers from Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones), and he is an active member of several handicap related associations. He is also writing songs for the rock band "I need my gasoline".
He is currently working on a literary and multimedia project about abandoned cities. The Abandoned City is a collaborative writing project. Hosted on D-FICTION, it will ultimately find its dedicated platform, an open website gathering a large range of tools for geolocation, virtual exploration of the landscape, artistic creation, and communication. Literary at first, this interdisciplinary project will welcome, later, visual arts, music, staged arts and street arts, as well as academic productions.
Books
2017 : Monarques, éditions de La Table Ronde, coll. Vermillon
2016 : Allegra, éditions de La Table Ronde, coll. Vermillon, January 2016 (awarded the Prix Rambert 2016 and the Swiss Literature Award 2017)
2013 : Béton armé – Shanghai au corps à corps, Éditions de La Table Ronde [2], preface Jean-Christophe Rufin de l'Académie française, September 2013 (awarded the Prix Wepler 2013 Mention spéciale du jury // One of the 20 best books of the year 2013, palmarès Lire; Prix Michel-Dentan 2014)
2013 : Corps au miroir, avec Sabine Oppliger, Encre et lumière, 2013
2007 : Demeure le corps, Chant d'exécration, Cheyne Editeur, 2007
2005 : Mouvement par la fin, Un portrait de la douleur, Cheyne Editeur, 2005 (postface Jacques Dupin, Prix des Charmettes – Jean-Jacques Rousseau 2006)
Articles
La couleur des jours, "Pardon pour l'Amérique", 31-08-2017, extract of an ongoing novel, written at the foundation Jan Michalski
Specimen, The Babel Revue of Translation, "Pardon pour l'Amérique", fr/eng, transl. by Carla Calimani, 06-2017
Viceversa littérature, nr. 11, "Dialogue avec Philippe Rahmy : l'écriture en acte" by Marina Skalova, followed by "retour architecture nuit" by François Bon, 04-2017
Diacritik, "Le roi est vulnérable", 24-02-2017
Château de Lavigny, 20 ans, anthologie anniversaire, "Le Châtiment", 08-2016
La moitié du fourbi, Nr. 3, "Un portrait du Fayoum", 03-2016
Le Persil, Special edition dedicated to poetry in the francophone part of Switzerland, "Comme le caméléon, sa langue", 03-2016
Postface to the book "Kvar lo" from Sabine Huynh (poems, with ink paintings from Caroline François-Rubino), Éditions Æncrages & Co, coll. Écri(peind)re, 2016
Le Magazine Littéraire, Nr. 541, 03–2014, "Alors, Shanghai?"
Le Magazine Littéraire, Nr. 532, 06–2013, "Paul Auster, le grand entretien"
D-Fiction, 05-2013, "Aran"
Art+Politique, 2012, "Du partage des richesses"
Lieux d'Être, N°51, printemps 2011, "Il ne suffit pas de bégayer"
revue Faire Part, " Caroline Sagot Duvauroux, Vol-ce-l'est, l'autre chose ", avril 2009
participation au catalogue d'exposition du peintre Winfried Veit, avril 2009
revue Viola, " Solitudine publica ", mars 2009
revue Hétérographe, " Solitude publique ", mars 2009
revue Action restreinte, " Kit & Scat Song ", février 2009
François Bon, " Tu marchais dans la maison des morts, vidéo ", dans : " François Bon, éclats de réalité ", Dominique Viart et Jean-Bernard Vray (eds), PU de Saint Etienne 2008
Joë Bousquet, " Mystique ", dans : Joë Bousquet, " Maigre nudité du soir ", éditions de l'Atelier du Gué 2008
revue Lieux d'Être N° 45, " Naître détruit ", 2007
revue Faire Part N° 20–21, " Coudrier, une gravure à la Manière noire ", dans : " Matière d'Origine : Jacques Dupin ", 2007
Aral, dans : " Jean-Marie Barnaud, Pour saluer la bienvenue ", Bibliothèque municipale de Charleville-Mézières 2002
Short movies
Phil Rahmy currently displays his vision as a director and award-winning independent short film producer through his latest productions which are currently being distributed and viewed globally. Latest viewings
Uplink Factory, video festival, official selection of Swiss short Films (OBLO), "The Body remains", Tokyo, Japan, 2011.
Special Prize of the Jury at the Oblò Underground Short Film Festival, "The Body remains", Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009
Museum of Modern Arts (MAMCO), projection of "M.R.I"., Geneva, Switzerland, 2009
Festival Côté Court 2008, official selection of "The Body remains", Cinéma 104, Pantin, France, 2008.
Un festival c'est trop court, programm FILMS D'ICI, official selection, "The Body remains", Nice, France, 2008.
Official Selection for exhibition in the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, "The Body remains", New York February, Manhattan, NYC, 2008.
Photography
His photographic work concentrates on the human body and the topic of so-called "normality".
Latest expos
Photovision 2011, exposition of the series "The Glory of the Body", in collaboration with Antilipseis Magazine of Photography. At the end of 2011, the expo will be part of the Athens School of Fine Arts fund, Athens, Greece, 2011.
China Dolls Magazine, "Body & Norm", Beijing, China, 2010.
Special Prize of the Jury at the Oblò Underground Short Film Festival, "The Body remains", Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009
Universal Exposition of Shanghai, "Immobility and Movement", FFA Pavilion, Shanghai, China, 2010
Revue d'Ici Là, Online Art Magazine, France, 2010.
Un festival c'est trop court, programm FILMS D'ICI, official selection, "The Body remains", Nice, France, 2008.
Screenwriting
Phil Rahmy is active as a screenwriter, and has co-founded Wallman Productions, a Hollywood-based independent film and music production company, in association with the famous jazzman Art Johnson.
Distinctions / Grants
2017 : Writer-in-residence, Fondation Jan Michalski pour l'écriture et la littérature, Montricher, Switzerland
