Honorary Commander of the National Police, revealed to the general public with his Journal d'un flic (Flammarion, 2007), Philippe Pichon carries out a work both as a "reader" (Saint-John Perse, La Maison de Poésie/Plein Chant, 2004) and as a poet ([Between] almost [and] nothing, Dutan, 2021; Aux basaltes de l'âge, Prolégomènes, 2021; L'Éphémère en héritage, Prolégomènes, 2021; La cheek unshaved de la solitude, Prolégomènes, 2022). He is also the author of numerous essays including Fichier STIC: une mémoire policière sale (Jean-Claude Gawsewitch, 2010) which sparked a lively controversy in the national press. After a critical success, his essay on the Maudit de Meudon, Le Cas Céline: coupable, mais de quoi? (Dualpha) had a 3rd revised and expanded edition in 2019. Biography Prize of the Académie des Pays de France. The cop-poet is also the author of stories (L'Enfance violée, Flammarion, 2008; Le Pain d'ortie, Dutan, reissued 2020) and novels (À contre-silence, Noir & Blanc, 2003; Un Regard vers le ciel, Éditions de Paris/Max Chaleil, reissued 2021). The author has been awarded numerous literary prizes. He was a member of the Jury of the Académie des Molières 2020 and a member of the Jury of the 2021 Rimbaud du Cinéma. His play, Seine de crime, was the subject of a public reading, by the Compagnie Fracasse, in Montreuil (93), on December 4, 2021, awaiting performance at the Festival Off d'Avignon. He is the author of around thirty works, including, at Douro, Le ciel ne fait pas l'ombre d'un regard, published in 2022.