Christophe Boltanski

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Christophe Boltanski at salon du livre du Mans in 2015
Born (1962-07-10) July 10, 1962 (age 61)
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Christophe Boltanski (born 10 July 1962 [1] ) is a French journalist, writer and chronicler, laureate of the prix Femina 2015 for his novel La Cache.

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Biography

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

After he completed his studies in 1987 at the Centre de formation des journalistes, [2] 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). [3] Since 2007 he has been working 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". [4]

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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. "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.
  3. "Christophe Boltanski (auteur de La cache) - Babelio". babelio.com. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  4. "Christophe Boltanski : son actualité sur France Inter". franceinter.fr. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  5. "Christophe Boltanski révèle "la Cache" - 26 août 2015 - Bibliobs - L'Obs". bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  6. Philippe Gelie (4 November 2015). "Le Prix Femina décerné à Christophe Boltanski" . Retrieved 10 December 2016.