Daniel Rondeau

French diplomat and writer · France · On the map · Politicians · Born 1948 · age 78

Daniel Rondeau is a French writer, editor, and diplomat. Born in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, he studied law at Panthéon-Assas where the spirit of May 68 saw him embrace Maoism and join the proletariat by working from 1970 to 1974 in a factory in Nancy making insulation.

Daniel Rondeau is read about 28 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 9 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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A life in dates

2017Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie françaiseAward2016Jules Rimet PrizeAward2014Commandeur des Arts et des LettresAward1998Grand prix de littérature Paul-MorandAwardPrix des Deux MagotsAward1988Eugène Dabit populist novel awardAward1948Born7 May 1948

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Awards

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française2017

Jules Rimet Prize2016

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres2014

Prix des Deux Magots1998

Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand1998

Eugène Dabit populist novel award1988

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Member of the Order of Maritime Merit

National Maltese Order of Merit

Commander of the National Order of the Cedar

Honorary Doctor of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations

About this person

He worked for France Inter's Nord-Est radio station from 1977, before moving to Paris, where he worked for the newspapers Libération (1982-1985) Le Nouvel Observateur (1985-1998) and L'Express (1998-2007). He was French ambassador to Malta (2008-2011) and to UNESCO (2011-2013). He has written fiction, reportage, literary criticism and political commentary, and for his oeuvre won the Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand in 1998. After unsuccessfully standing for election to the Académie Française in 2011 and 2016, he was elected to seat 8 in 2019.

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France