Antonin Baudry, born May 6, 1975, also known by the writing pseudonym Abel Lanzac, is a French diplomat specializing in cultural affairs, comic book author, screenwriter, and film director.

Biography

After finishing his studies at lycée Louis-le-Grand, Antonin Baudry began at the

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in 1994, graduating as an engineer of bridges, water and forest. He graduated second in literature from

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

in Paris in 1998. and obtained a

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(DEA) en cinematography. In April 2004, he became a conseiller of Minister Dominique de Villepin at the

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. From 2010 to 2014, he was the cultural counsellor at the French Embassy in Washington D.C., United States and counsellor for cooperation and cultural action at the French Embassy in Madrid, Spain. Under the pseudonym Abel Lanzac, he used his diplomatic experience to help him write the comic book '' Quai d'Orsay'' (2010-2011), in collaboration with Christophe Blain. After the second comic book in this series won the prix du meilleur album at the

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, he revealed his true identity. In 2014, he founded Albertine, the only French-language bookstore in New York. Named for the mysterious beloved in Marcel Proust's novel ''

In Search of Lost Time ''In Search of Lost Time'' (french: À la recherche du temps perdu), first translated into English as ''Remembrance of Things Past'', and sometimes referred to in French as ''La Recherche'' (''The Search''), is a novel in seven volumes by French ...

'', the bookstore shares the Payne Whitney House with the Cultural Services arm of the French embassy. On January 28, 2015, Baudry was appointed as Ambassador for French Culture at the Institut français. He resigned after a few months to work on personal projects.Denis Pietton, futur Président de l'Institut français
10 juin 2015 He was president of the jury for the 43rd festival international de la bande dessinée in January 2016. In 2019, he directed his first film, ''Le Chant du loup'', a submarine thriller.

Work

Comic books

* '' Quai d'Orsay'', with Christophe Blain, Dargaud, 2 vol., 2010-2011.

Filmography

* 2013 in film, 2013 : ''Quai d'Orsay (film), Quai d'Orsay'', script with Christophe Blain and Bertrand Tavernier * 2019 in film, 2019 : ''Le Chant du loup'', script and director

Games

* ''La Course à l’Élysée'', drawn by Christophe Blain, Letheia, 2012.

Prizes

* 2010: **Grand Prix RTL de la bande dessinée for ''Quai d'Orsay (bande dessinée), Quai d'Orsay : Chroniques diplomatiques'' (with Christophe Blain) **Prix Saint-Michel for ''Quai d'Orsay : Chroniques diplomatiques'' (with Christophe Blain) * 2013 : **Prix Micheluzzi for ''Quai d'Orsay'' t. 2 (with Christophe Blain)

References

External links

Antonin Baudry
from ''Savoirs en multimédia'' at École normale supérieure (Paris), École normale supérieure.
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at Université Columbia. {{DEFAULTSORT:Baudry, Antonin French diplomats French film directors 1975 births Living people