Christophe Boltanski

Christophe Boltanski
Christophe Boltanski at salon du livre du Mans in 2015
Born	(1962-07-10) 10 July 1962 (age 62) Boulogne-Billancourt
Citizenship	French
Occupation(s)	journalist, writer, novelist
Employer(s)	Libération, Le Nouvel Obs
Parent	Luc Boltanski
Awards	Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre 92000), Prix Femina (2015), Prix des prix littéraires (2015)
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Christophe Boltanski (born 10 July 1962 ^[1] ) is a French journalist, writer and chronicler. He was awarded laureate of the 2015 Prix Femina prize for his novel La Cache, ^[2] which is the basis for the film La Cache (The Safe House).

Biography

Christophe Boltanski is the son of sociologist Luc Boltanski and the nephew of linguist Jean-Élie Boltanski and conceptual artist Christian Boltanski.

After he completed his studies in 1987 at the Centre de formation des journalistes, ^[3] Christophe Boltanski worked for the Le Progrès Egyptien (within the framework of his national service then for the daily Libération from 1989 to 2007 ; after being a war correspondent during the Gulf War, he was the correspondent of this newspaper in Jerusalem (1995–2000) and then in London (2000–2004). ^[4]

From 2007 to 2017, he worked for the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur , while collaborating on the website Rue 89 .

In 2000 he was awarded the Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre for a report on a mine in Congo, in the Nord-Kivu region: "Les Mineurs de l'enfer". ^[5]

Works

Non-fiction Books

• Les Sept Vies de Yasser Arafat (with Jihan El-Tahri), Grasset, 1997 ISBN   978-2-246-49601-4
• Bethléem : 2000 ans de passion (with Farah Mébarki and Rémi Benali, at Éditions Tallandier, 2000 ISBN   978-2-235-02278-1
• Chirac d'Arabie (Les Mirages d'une politique française) (with Éric Aeschimann), Grasset, 2006 ISBN   978-2-246-69121-1
• Minerais de sang : Les esclaves du monde moderne, Folio (Gallimard), 2014 ISBN   978-2-07-045646-8, Grasset, 2012 ISBN   978-2-246-76471-7, photographs by Patrick Robert

Novels

• La Cache, Stock, collection bleue, 2015 ISBN   978-2-234-07637-2. ^[6] – Prix Femina and Prix des prix littéraires 2015 ^[2]

References

1. Several databases of authority records and websites containing them erroneously give him the date of birth of his uncle Christian, born in 1944. According to the site of genealogy Geneanet, he was born 10 July 1962 at Boulogne-Billancourt.
2. Philippe Gelie (4 November 2015). "Le Prix Femina décerné à Christophe Boltanski" . Retrieved 10 December 2016.
3. "Le Trophée presse écrite du Prix Bayeux des correspondants de guerre attribué à Christophe Boltanski - CFJ". cfjparis.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
4. "Christophe Boltanski (auteur de La cache) - Babelio". babelio.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
5. "Christophe Boltanski : son actualité sur France Inter". franceinter.fr. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
6. "Christophe Boltanski révèle "la Cache" - 26 août 2015 - Bibliobs - L'Obs". bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.