Olivier Guez | |
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 Olivier Guez in 2017 | |
| Born | 15 June 1974 Strasbourg, France |
| Alma mater | Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg London School of Economics College of Europe |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Journalist |
| Known for | Winner of the Prix Renaudot (2017) |
Olivier Guez (born 15 June 1974) is a French journalist, essayist and writer. He won the 2017 Prix Renaudot for his novel The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (La disparition de Josef Mengele). [1]
Guez was born and grew up in Strasbourg. His maternal grandmother introduced him to reading at a very young age.
He studied at Sciences Po Strasbourg, the London School of Economics and the College of Europe. He worked as a freelance journalist, for The New York Times , Le Monde , the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , Le Figaro Magazine , L'Express , Le Point , Politique Internationale, Der Freitag, Der Tages Anzeiger, Das Magazin and Il Foglio.
Between 2000 and 2005, he worked as a reporter in the International Economy Department of La Tribune. He wrote Surveys and reports on Central Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the European Union, and the geopolitics of oil. He wrote his first book, La Grande Alliance, in collaboration with Frédéric Encel,
In 2017, he wrote a biographical novel The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, (awarded the Prix Renaudot). It documents Josef Mengele (1911-1979), Nazi German officer, war criminal who worked as a doctor at Auschwitz. [2] [3] [4] The Disappearance of Josef Mengele was one of eight novels in the second selection for the 2017 Prix Goncourt. [5]
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