The co-manager of the Le Camphrier bookstore, former president of the Kakemono association but also founder of the Japan Addict Fabrice Dunis died this weekend, at the age of 52.
Sad news for the world of manga and bookselling, but also for Japanese culture in Strasbourg in general: Fabrice Dunis died this Saturday, January 4.
It was his wife Marie-Pascale Dunis-Perrot who announced the news on her Facebook account, this Sunday, January 5 just before 6 p.m. A sudden disappearance, following a cardiac arrest.
Father of Kakemono, Japan Addict and the bookstores Le Camphrier and l’Escapade
The end of a Strasbourg journey of more than 20 years for Fabrice Dunis, which began in 2002 with the creation of Kaobang, the first Alsatian manga bookstore on rue du Jeu-des-Enfants. If the bookstore closes its doors just before the start of the 2010s, in the meantime, Fabrice Dunis has not been idle, creating his association Kakemono in 2004, and with it the Japan Addict. The latter has now established itself in the hearts of Strasbourg residents, and which celebrated its 20th anniversary this year at the Parc des Expositions.
Always a pioneer in his field, in 2007 he co-wrote the first Alsatian manga Miki, in the land of storks. Subsequently, Fabrice Dunis created his bookstore Le Camphrier in 2015. Recently, it moved to the city center, on Place Kléber. He took the opportunity to split his business in two: Le Camphrier for mangas, and l’Escapade for “romance” and “fantasy” books between Place des Halles and Faubourg de Saverne.
As Kakemono said on January 5, the association “ lost his dad », just like Alsatian Japanese culture and the local bookstore world. All our thoughts and condolences go out to his loved ones and family.
