Maël Renouard (born 1979 in

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) is a French writer and translator.

Biography

A former student at the

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 ...

and agrégé in philosophy, Maël Renouard taught philosophy at the Paris-1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University between 2002 and 2006 and at the École Normale Supérieure between 2006 and 2009, as an attaché temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche. From 2009 until 2012, he was technical advisor responsible for speeches in the cabinet of

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, then Prime Minister of France. He has translated

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among others. His translation of the ''

Symposium In ancient Greece, the symposium ( grc-gre, συμπόσιον ''symposion'' or ''symposio'', from συμπίνειν ''sympinein'', "to drink together") was a part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was acc ...

'' by Plato was adapted and directed by at the Auditorium du Louvre in March 2007. He was awarded the 2013 edition of the

prix Décembre The ''Prix Décembre'', originally known as the ''Prix Novembre'', is one of France's premier literary awards. It was founded under the name ''Prix Novembre'' in 1989 by Philippe Dennery (Michel Dennery, according to other sources). In 1998, the fou ...

for '. A decree dated 16 January 2014 made him a chevalier of the

Ordre des Arts et Lettres The ''Ordre des Arts et des Lettres'' (Order of Arts and Letters) is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is ...

Film

Renouard regularly wrote for the magazine ' between 2004 and 2010 and made a cameo in ''

Frontier of the Dawn ''Frontier of the Dawn'' also ''Frontier of Dawn'' (french: La Frontière de l'aube) is a 2008 French drama film directed by Philippe Garrel. It stars Louis Garrel, Laura Smet, and Clémentine Poidatz. It tells the story of a photographer who is ...

'' by

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in 2008.

Works

*2002: ''L'Œil et l'Attente. Sur Julien Gracq'', Chambéry, Éditions Comp’Act, series "La bibliothèque volante", *2009: ''Yves Bonnefoy, image et mélancolie'', inks by Isabelle Raviolo, Paris, La Dame d'onze heures, *2013: ''La Réforme de l'opéra de Pékin'', Paris, , — Prix Décembre 2013 *2016: ''Fragments d'une mémoire infinie'', Paris, Grasset, coll. « Figures ».Article
by

Roger-Pol Droit Roger-Pol Droit (born 1949) is a French academic and philosopher. An alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he has written numerous books, most notably ''101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life'', which has been tran ...

in Le Monde des Livres 17 March 2016 *2018: ''Notes sur Lascaux'', Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Éditions Du Sandre, *2020: ''L'historiographe du royaume'', Paris, Grasset,

References

External links

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Website of the author

Numéro 3 de la revue Charles
in which Maël Renouard retales his experience of

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for François Fillon {{DEFAULTSORT:Renouard, Maël 21st-century French novelists Prix Décembre winners École Normale Supérieure alumni German–French translators Ghostwriters Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Writers from Paris 1979 births Living people Translators of Friedrich Nietzsche