Jean-Louis Ezine, real name Jean-Louis Bunel''Jean-Louis Ezine, dans la douleur du silence''
by Jean-Claude Raspiengeas in ''

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'' 23 December 2009. (born 24 September 1948 in

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) is a French writer, journalist and radio host.

Biography

Born Jean-Louis Bunel by the name of his mother before taking that of his father-in-law at the age of three, Jean-Louis Ezine grew up at

Lisieux Lisieux () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. It is the capital of the Pays d'Auge area, which is characterised by valleys and hedged farmland. Name The name of the town derives from the l ...

in Normandy before studying literature and philosophy. While studying in Caen, he made his journalistic debut as a

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in the weekly ''Pays d’Auge-Tribune''. He left for Paris, performed his military service in 1968/69 in Toulon, then in Fréjus and finally in Djibouti in the naval infantry. He joined the editorial staff of ''

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''. In 1972, he became a literary critic for ''

Les Nouvelles littéraires ''Les Nouvelles littéraires'' was a French literary and artistic newspaper created in October 1922 by the Éditions Larousse. It disappeared in 1985 after having taken the title '. History ''Les Nouvelles littéraires'' were headed by from 1922 ...

'', a journal of which he became editor-in-chief and literary director, and then entered in 1984 at the ''

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'' where he is still working. He also collaborated with the weekly ''

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''. From 8 January 1990, Jean-Louis Ezine held a daily three-minute column on

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, taking the form of a humorous and often caustic humor note, in the successive morning programs of the station: ''Culture matin'', ''Tout arrive !'', ', then ''La Matinale''. On July 19, 2013, he delivered his 5651st and latest chronicle after the decision taken by the radio station to put a halt to the program. Ezine was also a member of the literary program ' on

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- of which he was a true pillar, and one of the speakers with the most singular toneJudgement of

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i
Portrait de Jean-Louis Ezine
during the TV program ' 26 November 2009 on

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. since the beginning of the 1990s. In 2011, Ezine was a juror of the

prix Françoise Sagan The prix Françoise Sagan is a French literary award established in 2010 by , the son of Françoise Sagan. The Prize Awarded at the beginning of June, the Prix Françoise Sagan rewards "an author never yet rewarded, not even selected in recent ...

Work

;Novels * 1983: ''La Chantepleure'',

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, * 2003: ''Un ténébreux'', éditions du Seuil, * 2009: ',

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, —

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and prix Octave-Mirbeau ;Collections of texts and interviews * 1981: ''Les Écrivains sur la sellette'' (collection of interviews with thirty eight writers), éditions du Seuil —

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of the

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* 1994: ''Du train où vont les jours''.''Jean-Louis Ezine, le réveil mutin''
by

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in ''

'' du 30 juin 1994. (collection of columns broadcast in 1994 on

), éditions du Seuil, * 1994: ''Propos d'un emmerdeur'' (conversations with Étiemble),

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, * 1995: '' Ailleurs'' (conversations with Jean-Marie Le Clézio), Arléa, * 1995: ''Entre nous soit dit'' (conversations with

Philippe Djian Philippe Djian (; born 3 June 1949) is a popular French literature, French author of Armenian people, Armenian descent. He won the 2012 Prix Interallié for the novel ''"Oh..." (Elle'' for the English translation). Life and career Djian graduate ...

), Plon,

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