Anna Cabana

Anna Cabana
Born	Anna Bitton (1979-08-06) 6 August 1979 (age 42) Montpellier, France
Occupation	Journalist and author
Spouse(s)	Yves Cabana (divorced) Jean-Michel Blanquer (m. 2022)

Anna Cabana (born Anna Bitton on 6 August 1979 in Montpellier) is a French journalist and writer.

Biography

Journalism

Cabana started her career as a political journalist at the weekly Marianne under the leadership of her mentor Nicolas Domenach  [ fr ]. ^[1] She spent five years there between 2002 and 2007.

Following that, she became international correspondent at Le Point . On 11 February 2010, she received the Louis Hachette prize for her article "Sarkozy-Villepin, histoire secrète d'une haine" ( Sarkozy-Villepin, secret history of a hate), which appeared in Le Point on 10 September 2009. ^{[2] [3]}

In August 2016, she joined the editorial board of Le Journal du Dimanche as the chief political editor.

Since 2013, she has been part of the editorial team of BFM TV.

Since January 2011, she has, at the same time, been a columnist at Le Télégramme in Brest. She writes an opinion piece each week for this publication called "Les Carnets d'Anna Cabana".

Since September 2017, she also hosts a daily TV programme on I24 News, called "Conversations avec Anna Cabana".

Literary career

She is an author of five essays on public and political figures. These have included works about Dominique de Villepin, Alain Juppé, François Hollande, Ségolène Royal, and Valérie Trierweiler. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

In 2008, she published Cécilia (under the name of Anna Bitton) about Cécilia Attias. Attias initiated legal proceedings to stop the publication of the book, but was dismissed by the courts. ^{[8] [9]}

She is a member of the jury for the Prix du livre politique, which is awarded each year to the best publication of a political theme.

Personal life

She is Jewish, ^[10] and since 2009 has been married to Yves Cabana, who is the son of politician Camille Cabana  [ fr ]. ^[11] In 2020, the magazine Voici announced that she was in a relationship with Jean-Michel Blanquer. ^{[12] [13]}

Publications

• Bitton, Anna (2008). Cécilia : Portrait (in French). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN   978-2-08-121288-6. OCLC   191813018.
• Cabana, Anna (2010). Villepin : la verticale du fou (in French). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN   978-2-08-123912-8. OCLC   503242731.
• Cabana, Anna (2011). Juppé : l'orgueil et la vengeance (in French). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN   978-2-08-068923-8. OCLC   757464282.
• Cabana, Anna; Rosencher, Anne (2012). Entre deux feux (in French). Paris: Bernard Grasset. ISBN   978-2-246-80287-7. OCLC   809834424.
• Cabana, Anna (2016). Quelques minutes de vérite (in French). Paris: Bernard Grasset. ISBN   978-2-246-85158-5. OCLC   946472170.
• Cabana, Anna (2016). Un fantasme nommé Juppe (in French). Paris: Stock. ISBN   978-2-234-08245-8. OCLC   960977736.
• Cabana, Anna (2010). Inapte à dormir seule (in French). Paris: Grasset. ISBN   978-2-246-77031-2. OCLC   607473029.

References

1. "Qui est Anna Cabana, la journaliste qui transforme les politiques en personnages de romans ?". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 13 April 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
2. "Communiqués de presse". Lagardère (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
3. Point, Le (10 September 2009). "Sarkozy-Villepin, histoire secrète d'une haine". Le Point (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
4. ""Villepin. La Verticale du fou", d'Anna Cabana : Dominique de Villepin intime". 2Villepin (in French). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
5. Auffray, Alain (15 February 2010). "Dominique de Villepin, le rêve du résistant". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
6. F., P. (22 February 2010). "Les tourments de Dominique de Villepin". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
7. Payot, Par Marianne (6 May 2010). "Le mariage d'Eva révèle Anna Cabana". LExpress.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
8. "Cécilia Sarkozy contre Anna Bitton : décision du tribunal vendredi matin". O. 10 January 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
9. "Le tribunal refuse d'interdire l'un des trois livres sur Mme Sarkozy". Le Monde.fr (in French). 11 January 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
10. Nadjar, Steve (26 August 2016). "Anna Cabana " Je m'intéresse à l'idée que les politiques se font de Dieu "". Actualités Juives (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
11. Rebucci, Julien (25 October 2016). ""Sarkozy est un tueur sans foi ni loi": on a lu le livre confidence sur Alain Juppé". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
12. dia (9 July 2020). "Qui est Anna Cabana, la compagne de Jean-Michel Blanquer qui travaille sur BFM TV ?". Voici.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
13. Siberrol, Adrien; AFP (12 July 2020). "Le ministre Jean-Michel Blanquer en couple avec la chroniqueuse Anna Cabana ? La direction de BFMTV réagit". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2020.