Gilles Servat was born in February 1945 in Pau, France, spent his childhood in Cholet, went to Art School in Angers, and then arrived in Paris... Gilles Servat was also born on the island of Groix in 1969 - a new gestation and a second birth. Thus Brittany has gained one of its most sublime poets. He continues to sing.
The love of language and the land guided him to the very roots of this little corner of humanity and when he decided to put pen to paper his writing was infused with both the profound myths of the Celtic world and his taste for science fiction.
Skinn Mac Dana was published by Atalante in 1995 and was an immediate success. Servat is a wonderful storyteller employing a harsh yet powerful lyricism. He knows, more than any other fantasy writer does, how to carry his reader away to a different world. Les Chroniques d'Arcturus (The Arcturus Chronicles) is an epic cycle by a Breton bard in the age of science fiction.
His website: http://www.gilles-servat.com/actu.html
