Justine-Juliette Lévy (born 27 September 1974) is a French

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and author.

Life and career

Lévy is the eldest daughter of Isabelle Doutreluigne and French philosopher, writer, and media personality,

Bernard-Henri Lévy Bernard-Henri Lévy (; ; born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the " Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. His opinions, political acti ...

. Her 1995

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"''Le Rendez-vous''" (''The Rendezvous'') was translated from French into English and published in the United States in 1997. On 21 September 1996 she married

Raphaël Enthoven Raphaël Enthoven (born 9 November 1975) is a French philosophy teacher, radio host and television host. An '' agrégé'' who taught at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and Paris Diderot University, Enthoven is known to the French public for hosti ...

, the son of her father's best friend,

Jean-Paul Enthoven Jean-Paul Enthoven (born 11 January 1949) is a French publisher and journalist.''Who's Who in France'', 2008 edition, . Biography Early life and education Born in Mascara near Oran in French Algeria, Enthoven comes from a bourgeois Jewish fa ...

, who left her in 2000 for model and singer,

Carla Bruni Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

(at the time his father's girlfriend and who is now married to former French President

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Se ...

).It’s A Chattefight As Novelist Levy Nips Carla Bruni , The New York Observer
/ref> She wrote a novel whose story paralleled her own life. The 2004 book was released in France under the title "''Rien de Grave''" (published in English in 2005 as ''Nothing Serious''). The winner of the first Prix Littéraire Le Vaudeville, her book knocked ''

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'' from Europe's bestseller lists. It was published in the United States in October 2005. Justine has two children with long-term partner actor Patrick Mille.Höhere Tochter: , ZEIT online
/ref> She describes her relationship with Patrick as "not married, but ''like'' married". Like ''Nothing Serious'' protagonist Louise, Justine is also a little

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about

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Books

*1997: ''Le rendez-vous'' (''The Rendezvous'') - Scribner, , awarded the

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in 1996 *2005: ''Rien de grave'' ('' Nothing Serious'') -

Melville House Publishing Melville House Publishing is an American independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. The company was founded in 2001 and is run by the husband-and-wife team of Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians in Hoboken, New Jersey. T ...

, *2009: ''Mauvaise fille'' (''Bad Girl'') -

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, (Adapted in the movie '' Bad Girl'') *2014: ''La Gaieté'', Stock, 2014 ()

References

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