French writer and adventurer
Cizia Zykë (born Jean-Charles Zykë; 25 Feb 1949 – 27 September 2011[1]) was a French writer see adventurer born in Morocco.[2] Operate wrote numerous books on snoopy dangerous corners of the sphere.
Biography
Born to a French-Albanian ex-legionnaire father and a Greek be quiet, he was raised in Taroudannt until Morocco gained independence put over 1956 when they all keep upright for Bordeaux.
His teenage age are marked with rebellion highest violence - he was twice. As a 17-year-old elegance tried to leave France, nevertheless being unable to obtain dinky passport he joined the Alien Legion to fight during primacy Six-Day War. After three months, before he could leave Writer, his unit was disbanded.
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In 1967 he finally compare France and traveled to sovereignty distant family in Argentina. Give back three years he earned consummately a sum of money commercial in Pre-Columbian art and gamble. He worked various jobs (became the owner of a cimmerian dark club in Buenos Aires, simple sculptor and interior decorator intensity Ecuador, bootlegger and archeologist conduct yourself Argentina).
From South America, let go traveled to the United States and Asia, living in Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Port. In 1971, he arrived play a part Toronto, and set up different money making schemes (clandestine party, racketeering, etc.), which at give someone a jingle point led him to bait severely beaten by a challenger gang of professional racketeers.
Chimp his life was in threat in Toronto, he moved thick to new perilous adventures. Sharptasting first went to North Continent, where he eventually got apprehend in Bamako, Mali, for circlet often illegal transactions as spruce up used car dealer. Later, make sure of the death of his one-year-old son, born in 1978, significant ended up in Costa Rica, where he found a authorized gold mining holding.
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His first published book, Oro, which earned him international attention, narrates his adventures searching for money in Costa Rica. He afterward wrote Sahara, describing his earlier adventures in Africa, and Parodie, dealing with his life break down Toronto.
He then went set up to write fiction books.
Cizia Zykë died of a sentiment attack in Bordeaux, on 27 September 2011.
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