รrik Orsenna is the pen-name of รrik Arnoult (born 22 March 1947) a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'รtudes Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of Franรงois Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member (currently on leave) of the Conseil d'รtat, having been appointed in 1985. He was elected to the Acadรฉmie Franรงaise on 28 May 1998. He won the 1990 International Nonino Prize in Italy. For Voyage au pays du coton he received the second prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006.
รrik Orsenna | |
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รrik Orsenna, March 2008 | |
| Born | รrik Arnoult 22 March 1947 |
| Education | Sciences Po London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Knownย for | Member of the Acadรฉmie Franรงaise |
Bibliography
edit- 1973 Loyola's blues (Le Seuil)
- 1977 La Vie comme ร Lausanne (Le Seuil)
- 1977 Espace national et dรฉsรฉquilibre monรฉtaire, under his real name รrik Arnoult (PUF)
- 1980 Une comรฉdie franรงaise (Le Seuil)
- 1988 L'Exposition coloniale (Le Seuil)
- 1992 Besoin d'Afrique, in collaboration with รric Fottorino and Christophe Guillemin (Fayard)
- 1993 Grand amour (Le Seuil)
- 1996 Histoire du monde en neuf guitares, with Thierry Arnoult (Le Seuil)
- 1996 Mรฉsaventures du Paradis, mรฉlodie cubaine, in collaboration with Bernard Matussiรจre (Le Seuil)
- 1997 Deux รฉtรฉs (Fayard)
- 1998 Longtemps (Fayard)
- 2000 Portrait d'un homme heureuxย : Andrรฉ Le Nรดtre (Fayard)
- 2001 La grammaire est une chanson douce (Stock)
- 2003 Madame Bรข (Fayard)
- 2004 Les Chevaliers du subjonctif (Stock)
- 2005 Derniรจres nouvelles des oiseaux (Stock)
- 2005 Portrait du Gulf Stream. รloge des courantsย : promenade (Le Seuil)
- 2006 Voyage aux pays du coton. Petit prรฉcis de mondialisation (Fayard)
- 2006 Salut au Grand Sud, in collaboration with Isabelle Autissier (Stock)
- 2007 La Rรฉvolte des accents (Stock)
- 2007 Le Facteur et le Cachalot (Les Rois Mages)
- 2008 La Chanson de Charles Quint (Stock)
- 2008 L'Avenir de l'eau (Bonjour,Stock)
- 2009 Et si on dansaitย ? (Stock)
- 2010 L'Entreprise des Indes (Stock)
- 2010 Princesse Histamine (Stock)
External links
edit- (in French) L'Acadรฉmie franรงaise biography
- (in French) Personal website








