Érik Orsenna

French writer and politician · France · On the map · Writers · Born 1947 · age 79

Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics.

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16 times the usual readers on 4 November. 3,271 readers on 4 November, against about 208 a day before the rise.

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A life in dates

2023Prix du Livre Science Pour TousAward2020Grand Prix de la Société de GéographieAward2016Honorary doctor of the University of LiègeAward2015Ptolémée PrizeAward2009Joseph-Kessel PrizeAward2007Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of LouvainAward2006Economics Book PrizeAward2005Paulée de Meursault PrizeAward1990International Nonino PrizeAward1988Prix GoncourtAwardPrix Goncourt des LycéensAward1978Roger Nimier PrixAward1947Born22 March 1947

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Régis Wargnier Directed Indochine (1992)

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Awards

Prix du Livre Science Pour Tous2023

Grand Prix de la Société de Géographie2020

Honorary doctor of the University of Liège2016

Ptolémée Prize2015

Joseph-Kessel Prize2009

Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain2007

Economics Book Prize2006

Paulée de Meursault Prize2005

International Nonino Prize1990

Prix Goncourt1988

Prix Goncourt des Lycéens1988

Roger Nimier Prix1978

About this person

He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member of the Conseil d'État, having been appointed in 1985. He was elected to the Académie Française 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.

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France