Once upon a time... The french deaf

Patrice Gicquel

Born in 1968 in Rennes, Brittany, Patrice GICQUEL, a deaf man himself, has been a full-time writer since 2003, Following an administrative career.

For ten years, he volunteered to run an array of cultural, journalistic, and sports associations in the capital of Brittany.

In 2004, he won the Golden Hands award for his first book, A Century of Cycling in the Land of the Deaf, and has published nine other books, including an adventure novel and a police novel.

He is the first deaf man to have written a book on deaf sports in France and the first deaf writer born from deaf parents.

He is also a member of the Literary Society and the Association of sports writers. He is a husband and father of two.