Jean-Pierre Schackis

Born in Alsace in February 1949, Jean-Pierre Schackis is passionate about the arts in general. Associated with the management of a small art gallery "Paradoxe" near Strasbourg cathedral, he sometimes exhibited his works there for almost ten years.

Although art was far removed from his professional activities in the Gendarmerie, it was never far away. For some fifteen years, he headed the Bas-Rhin research brigade, ending his career with the Groupe d'Intervention Régional (GIR) based at the SRPJ in Strasbourg. All in all, he came into contact with the perpetrators of crime over several decades. Retirement should have forced him to take a rest, but "que nenni!" he is back on the job as a mediator and prosecutor's delegate in a court of law.

In 2008, he was elected mayor of the commune of Bust for two terms. Health problems force him to take a break.

As the natural is out, the natural is in, here he is, fascinated by the path of a mad killer. He hires himself out as a court usher, so as not to miss a crumb of the proceedings at the Assize Court.

At the same time, his artistic interests are far from being outdone. In 2000, he founded a café-theatre troupe, "La bande à Chax", in which he not only performs, but also writes for. The merry band toured the region, from town to town, for ten years or so. But that's not enough! Now he's expressing himself as a local correspondent for the "Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace".

His many experiences and the various events he dealt with fueled his passion for writing: Amitiés post mortem, then Et de treize...Amen, followed by : G 20 ans Otan mourir... and : Au nom du Père et du ... but also : Double Je fatal, followed by: la route du Rom, and now: la naufragée du Méandre. The first five were produced by Editions du Bastberg, while the others tried their hand at self-publishing.

Then the discovery of a photo of a "Christ of the trenches" in the underground citadel of Verdun profoundly changed her life. Four years of investigation, culminating in a visit to the Batalha monastery in Portugal, gave birth to : Amitiés rouge sang ou le Sang des âmes. A double saga of two men, one in Portugal, the other in Germany, who lived through the fighting of 14/18. Through their singular trajectories, the author sheds light on the average individual caught up in the turmoil of war, which he undergoes against his will. This novel is based on true historical events spanning more than fifty years.

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