Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult (born 22 March 1947) a French politician and

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. After studying philosophy and political science at the

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("Sciences Po"), Orsenna specialized in economics at the

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. 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.

Bibliography

*1973 ''Loyola's blues'' (Le Seuil) *1977 ''La Vie comme à Lausanne'' (Le Seuil) *1977 ''Espace national et déséquilibre monétaire'', under his real name Érik Arnoult (PUF) *1980 ''Une comédie française'' (Le Seuil) *1988 ''L'Exposition coloniale'' (Le Seuil) *1992 ''Besoin d'Afrique'', in collaboration with Éric Fottorino and Christophe Guillemin (Fayard) *1993 ''Grand amour'' (Le Seuil) *1996 ''Histoire du monde en neuf guitares'', with Thierry Arnoult (Le Seuil) *1996 ''Mésaventures du Paradis, mélodie cubaine'', in collaboration with Bernard Matussière (Le Seuil) *1997 ''Deux étés'' (Fayard) *1998 ''Longtemps'' (Fayard) *2000 ''Portrait d'un homme heureux : André Le Nôtre'' (Fayard) *2001 ''La grammaire est une chanson douce'' (Stock) *2003 ''Madame Bâ'' (Fayard) *2004 ''Les Chevaliers du subjonctif'' (Stock) *2005 ''Dernières nouvelles des oiseaux'' (Stock) *2005 ''Portrait du Gulf Stream. Éloge des courants : promenade'' (Le Seuil) *2006 ''Voyage aux pays du coton. Petit précis de mondialisation'' (Fayard) *2006 ''Salut au Grand Sud'', in collaboration with Isabelle Autissier (Stock) *2007 ''La Révolte des accents'' (Stock) *2007 ''Le Facteur et le Cachalot'' (Les Rois Mages) *2008 ''La Chanson de Charles Quint'' (Stock) *2008 ''L'Avenir de l'eau'' (Bonjour,Stock) *2009 ''Et si on dansait ?'' (Stock) *2010 ''L'Entreprise des Indes'' (Stock) *2010 ''Princesse Histamine'' (Stock)

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L'Académie française biography
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Personal website
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