Thibault de Montaigu

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Thibault Tassin de Montaigu (born 21 December 1978 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French writer and journalist.

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Thibault de Montaigu was born on 21 December 1978 in Boulogne-Billancourt to Françoise Gallimard and Emmanuel Tassin de Montaigu. He is the maternal grandson of Simone Gallimard and Claude Gallimard. His maternal great-grandfather, Gaston Gallimard, was a founder of Nouvelle Revue Française and the founder of Éditions Gallimard. His father's family are members of the French nobility. After studying at lycée Henri-IV, de Montaigu entered Sciences Po then the Centre de formation des journalistes  [ fr ] in Paris. He began his career at Libération in 2003 with the culture and guide services. Since then, he has collaborated on numerous publications ( L'Officiel, Jalouse  [ fr ], l'Officiel Voyages, l'Optimum, Milk Magazine  [ fr ], Madame Figaro, Paris Match ...).

He wrote five novels noticed by the critics which were selected in particular for the prix de Flore and the prix Interallié. [1]

In 2011, he was curator of the exhibition "La Parisienne" at the Galerie des Galeries, which brought together many artists (Catherine Millet, Bertrand Burgalat, Stanislas Merhar Valérie Mréjen  [ fr ] etc.) around the fictional apartment of a Parisienne. [2]

He is married to designer and fashion stylist Sofia Achaval de Montaigu, with whom he has two children. [3]

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