Je suis venu au monde à l'ombre précaire d'une bicyclette suspendue entre ciel et terre. [I came into the world in the precarious shadow of a bicycle suspended between heaven and earth]
– Louis Nucéra in the dedication ofMes rayons de soleil
As well as being a writer, Nucéra was a cyclist (he rode the same circuit as the 1949 Tour de France), a bank clerk, a journalist, a press secretary in a record company, and a literary director atJC Lattès. He recalls his childhood inNice inAvenue des Diables bleus. In 1991 he wroteLe ruban rouge which chronicles the life of Italian immigrants. InMes ports d’attache he evokes his friendships withCioran,Kessel,Picasso,Cocteau,Hardellet,Brassens andMoretti.
Nucéra died on August 9, 2000, in the industrial zone ofCarros when he was hit by a car while bike riding.
1999:Nice, from Colette to Louis Nucera [fr:Nice, de Colette à Louis Nucera], Éditions du Collège Fabre, Nice, with Nicole Vaillant.2006:La Mémoire d'un siècle (Conférences), Éditions Vaillant.
