David Deneufgermain

David Deneufgermain is a psychiatrist and writer. He studied medicine, specializing in psychiatry, and has practiced in various settings: prisons, a psychiatric hospital, the streets with a mobile unit, and his own practice. After a few years, he began caring for homeless people, offering them assistance and support. He initially published texts in magazines such as Che Vuoi? and La Moitié du fourbi , before participating in collective works with the Othon group, alongside authors such as Joy Sorman and François Bégaudeau. These publications include À Valenciennes (2020), published by Au Diable Vauvert, and À Arles and À Brest , published by Divergences.
, L'Adieu au visage , his first work of real-life literature, was published by Marchialy . The book was born from a diary kept between March and May 2020, during the Covid-19 pandemic. In these pages, David Deneufgermain recounts the daily grind of his work as a street doctor, confronting patients' loneliness, the ethical dilemmas imposed by healthcare protocols, and institutional violence. The book is a finalist for the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2025. His writing, deeply rooted in reality, explores care practices, human dignity, and social fractures.