François Sureau (born 19 September 1957) is a French writer, lawyer and technocrat. He was born in the

14th arrondissement of Paris The 14th arrondissement of Paris ( ), officially named ''arrondissement de l'Observatoire'' (; meaning "arrondissement of the Observatory", after the Paris Observatory), is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. It is situa ...

and educated at the

École nationale d'administration The École nationale d'administration (generally referred to as ENA, en, National School of Administration) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the 1958 Constitution Michel Deb ...

(ENA). He is a co-founder and co-director of the French Review of Economics. He is also the founding president of the Association Pierre Claver which assists refugees and displaced persons who have arrived in France. He is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Commentary. Sureau has won a number of prizes for his literary works. These include ''La Corruption du siècle'', winner of the Prix Colette in 1988; ''L'Infortune'', winner of the

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ...

in 1990; ''Le Sphinx de Darwin'', winner of the

Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward o ...

in 1997; and ''Les Alexandrins'' which won the

Prix Méditerranée The Prix Méditerranée (Mediterranean Prize) is a French literary award. It was created in 1984 in Perpignan by the Mediterranean Centre of Literature (CML) in order to promote cultural interaction among the numerous countries surrounding the Med ...

in 2003. On 15 October 2020, he was elected as a member of the Académie Française (seat 24).François Sureau élu à l'Académie française
on ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of r ...

Books

* ''La Corruption du siècle'', 1988, Prix Colette * ''L'Infortune'', Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, 1990 * ''L'Aile de nos chimères'', 1993 * ''Les hommes n'en sauront rien'', 1995 * ''Le Sphinx de Darwin'', 1997 * ''Lambert Pacha'', 1998 * ''Les Alexandrins'', Prix Méditerranée, 2003 * ''L'Indépendance à l'épreuve'' * ''La Chanson de Passavant'', 2005 * ''L'Obéissance'', 2006 * ''Inigo. Portrait'', 2010 * ''Sans Bruit Sans Trace'', 2011 * ''Le Chemin des Morts'', 2013 * ''Surs les Bords de Tout'', 2016 * ''Je ne pense plus voyager. La mort de Charles de Foucauld'', 2016

References

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