The Écrivains de Marine is a French association bringing together twenty writers with knowledge and practice of the sea. Founded in 2003 by
Jean-François Deniau in close partnership with the
French Navy, the writers of the Navy in an agreement signed with the Ministry of Defence which undertakes to "collectively serve the navy, promote and preserve the culture and heritage of the sea, and more generally promote the maritime dimension of France".
The members are unanimously co-opted with the approval of the
Chief of Staff of the French Navy. Although they have only associative status, which differs from the status of the
Navy Painters, Navy writers may embark on ships of the National Navy and are authorized to wear uniform. They are assimilated to the rank of frigate captain.
Its members include
Erik Orsenna,
Jean Raspail et
Isabelle Autissier
Isabelle Autissier (born 18 October 1956) is a French sailor, navigator, writer, and broadcaster. She is celebrated for being the first woman to have completed a solo world navigation in competition ( BOC Challenge 1990–91). Based in La Rochel ...
among others. Since 2007 its president is
Didier Decoin
Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977.
Biography
He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at ''France Soir'', ''Le Figaro'' and ...
.
Current members
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Didier Decoin
Didier Decoin (born 13 March 1945) is a French screenwriter and writer awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1977.
Biography
He is the son of filmmaker Henri Decoin. He began his career as a newspaper journalist at ''France Soir'', ''Le Figaro'' and ...
, of the
académie Goncourt, President
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Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, vice-president
* ,
Counter admiral, a member of the
académie de Marine
The Royal Naval Academy of France (french: Académie royale de marine) was founded at Brest by a ruling of 31 July 1752 by Antoine Louis de Rouillé, comte de Jouy, Secretary of State for the Navy. This institutionalised an earlier initiative ...
, general secretary
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Isabelle Autissier
Isabelle Autissier (born 18 October 1956) is a French sailor, navigator, writer, and broadcaster. She is celebrated for being the first woman to have completed a solo world navigation in competition ( BOC Challenge 1990–91). Based in La Rochel ...
*
*
Jean Rolin
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* Loïc Finaz, Counter admiral
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Olivier Frébourg
Olivier Frébourg (14 September 1965, Dieppe) is a French journalist, writer and publisher.
Career
As a journalist, he wrote for '' Libération'', ''Le Figaro Littéraire'', '' Géo'' (as great reporter), ''le Figaro Magazine'', ', ' and severa ...
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Titouan Lamazou
Titouan Lamazou is a French navigator, artist and writer, born on July 11, 1955 in Casablanca, Morocco. He was actually born Antoine Lamazou, he officially took the name Titouan Lamazou in 1986. After a stint at the Fine Arts, he went travelling ...
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Erik Orsenna, of the Académie française,
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Yann Queffélec
Yann Queffélec (born 4 September 1949 in Paris) is a French author who won the Prix Goncourt in 1985 for his novel '' Les Noces barbares'', translated into English as '' The Wedding''. He is the former husband of the late pianist Brigitte Engerer ...
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Jean Raspail
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Jean-Christophe Rufin
Jean-Christophe Rufin (born 28 June 1952) is a French doctor, diplomat, historian, globetrotter and novelist. He is the president of Action Against Hunger, one of the earliest members of Médecins Sans Frontières, and a member of the Académie ...
, of the Académie française,
*
Sylvain Tesson
Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are '' The Consolations of the F ...
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Daniel Rondeau
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Patrice Franceschi
* Dominique Le Brun
* Emmelene Landon
Emmelene Landon
on France Culture
* Anne Quemere
Anne Quemere (born May 19, 1966) is a French sailor and sportswoman.
Biography
From an early age, she found herself close to the sea on which she sails, as a family living in the Glénan archipelago, on the islands of Groix, Belle-Île, Houat ...
Former members
* Jean-François Deniau of the Académie française
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...
(1928–2007), president-founder
* Bertrand Poirot-Delpech, of the Académie française (1929–2006)
* Bernard Giraudeau (1947–2010)
* Michel Mohrt, of the Académie française (1914–2011)
* Pierre Schoendoerffer, member of the Institut de France (1928–2012)
* Simon Leys
Pierre Ryckmans (28 September 1935 – 11 August 2014), better known by his pen name Simon Leys, was a Belgian-Australian writer, essayist and literary critic, translator, art historian, sinologist, and university professor, who lived in Austral ...
(1935–2014)
* , of the Académie de Marine
The Royal Naval Academy of France (french: Académie royale de marine) was founded at Brest by a ruling of 31 July 1752 by Antoine Louis de Rouillé, comte de Jouy, Secretary of State for the Navy. This institutionalised an earlier initiative ...
* Michel Déon, of the Académie Française (1919–2016)
See also
Peintre de la Marine
Peintre de la Marine (''Painter of the Fleet'') is a title awarded by the minister of defence in France to artists who have devoted their talents to the sea, the French Navy and other maritime subjects. It was set up in 1830 by the July Monarchy an ...
References
External links
Site de la Marine nationale
on ''L'Express
''L'Express'' () is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris. The weekly stands at the political centre in the French media landscape, and has a lifestyle supplement, ''L'Express Styles'', and a job supplement, ''Réussir''.
History ...
'' (8 July 2011)
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