Philippe Rahmy (5 June 1965, in Geneva – 1 October 2017) was a Swiss poet and writer. Biography 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 was 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 was also active as a photographer and as a director of award-winning independent short films. Philippe Rahmy had Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones), and he was an active member of several disability-related associations. He was also writing songs for the rock band "I need my gasoline". He was 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) 2015 : Béton armé, Collection Folio (n° 5946), Gallimard, 2015 2014 : Loop Road, nerval.fr, March 2014 2013 : Béton armé – Shanghai au corps à corps, Éditions de La Table Ronde Editions Table Ronde - Littérature française et étrangère, essais et documents, beaux livres, La Petite Vermillon, 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 2010 : Cheyne, 30 ans, 30 voix, Livres hors collection, 2010 2009 : Cellules souches, avec Stéphane Dussel, Mots tessons, 2009 2009 : Movimento dalla fine, a cura di Monica Pavani, Mobydick, 2009 2008 : SMS de la cloison, publie.net, 2008 2008 : Architecture nuit, texte expérimental, publie.net, 2008 2007 : Demeure le corps, Chant d'exécration, Cheyne Editeur, 2007 2005 : Mouvement par la fin, Un portrait de la douleur, Cheyne Editeur, 2005