Sylvain Tesson

French writer · France · On the map · Writers · Born 1972 · age 54

Sylvain Tesson is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books.

Busiest day 5 Nov

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11 times the usual readers on 5 November. 6,564 readers on 5 November, against about 591 a day before the rise.

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A life in dates

2019Prix RenaudotAward2017Knight of the National Order of MeritAward2015Prix de la Page 112AwardPrix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan BergotAward2011Prix Médicis essaiAward2009Prix de la nouvelleAwardPrix Goncourt de la nouvelleAward1972Born26 April 1972

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Tesson signing books in Nancy in 2011

Awards

Prix Renaudot2019

Knight of the National Order of Merit2017

Prix de la Page 1122015

Prix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan Bergot2015

Prix Médicis essai2011

Prix de la nouvelle2009

Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle2009

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About this person

Among his most successful works are The Consolations of the Forest (2011), about a project to live alone in a Siberian cabin for six months and The Art of Patience (2019), about the quest for snow leopards in Tibet. For the latter book, he received the Prix Renaudot.

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France