Biography
Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult (born 22 March 1947) a French politician and novelist. After studying philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in economics at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member (currently on leave) of the Conseil d'État, having been appointed in 1985. He was elected to the Académie Française on 28 May 1998. He won the 1990 International Nonino Prize in Italy. For Voyage au pays du coton he received the second prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006.
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Radetzky March (1995)
Indochine (1992)
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1947-03-22 (77 years old)
Birth NameÉric Émile Léonce Arnoud
Birth PlaceParis, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsÉric Arnoult
AwardsPtolémée Prize, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège, honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain, International Nonino Prize, Roger Nimier Prix, Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, Prix Goncourt
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