What is Philippe Rahmy?
[[File:Philippe Rahmy 2015.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Rahmy in June 2015]] '''Philippe Rahmy''' (5 June 1965 &ndash; 1 October 2017) was a Swiss poet and writer. He was born in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. He was a founding member of the prominent French literary site remue.net which focused on promoting contemporary literature over the Internet and through live events. He also worked as a photographer and as a director of award-winning independent short movies. In 2017, he won the [[Swiss Literature Award]]. Rahmy died of complications from [[Osteogenesis Imperfecta|brittle bone disease]] in Geneva on 1 October 2017 at the age of 52.<ref>[https://www.tdg.ch/culture/livresphilippe-rahmy-plume-envolee-ciel/story/20146135 Philippe Rahmy, une plume envolée au ciel] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch/persovd/auteurvd.php?Code=R&Num=5667 Bibliothèque cantonale universitaire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328062230/http://dbserv1-bcu.unil.ch/persovd/auteurvd.php?Code=R&Num=5667 |date=2012-03-28 }} * [http://remue.net/spip.php?rubrique201 articles by Philippe Rahmy on remue.net] * [http://remue.net/spip.php?rubrique4 texts by Philippe Rahmy on remue.net] * [http://www.cheyne-editeur.com/auteurs/rahmy.html poetry books edited by Cheyne Editeur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315163944/http://www.cheyne-editeur.com/auteurs/rahmy.html |date=2012-03-15 }} * [http://rahmyfiction.net/ rahmyfiction.net Philippe Rahmy's blog] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahmy, Philippe}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Switzerland]] [[Category:Swiss poets]] [[Category:Swiss novelists]] [[Category:Swiss photographers]] [[Category:Writers from Geneva]] [[Category:21st-century artists]]