Nicolas d’Estienne d’Orves (born 10 September 1974, in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French journalist and writer.

Biography

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's grand-nephew . A former student of hypokhâgne, after internships in cinema and opera, he studied at the Sorbonne. By an exceptional combination of circumstances, he became the beneficiary of the collaborationist writer

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. At the age of 22, while writing a master's thesis at the Sorbonne, he discovered his ''Histoire de la musique'' and grew passionate about its author. On this occasion, he met Pierre Darrigrand, Rebatet's

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, who before dying of cancer asked him to become, in turn, the beneficiary of the writer. He has collaborated with ''

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''. For four and a half years, Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves hosted a column one Saturday noon per month on the ''Étonnez-moi Benoît'' program by

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. In December 2008, he was terminated by his director for blasphemy and pornography after broadcasting a bawdy version of the Christmas carol ''

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''. He is the author of several short stories, essays and novels, notably ''Othon ou l'Aurore immobile'', crowned with the

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in 2002. Nicolas d’Estienne d’Orves is a chronicler at the ''Figaroscope'', musical critic at ''Le Figaro'' and musical chronicler for the magazine '' Classica''. He regularly collaborates at '' Les Echos''. Since 2011, he has been a member of the jury of the prix Saint-Germain.

Works

Novels and essais

*2001: ''Le Sourire des enfants morts'',

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*2002: ''Les Aventures extraordinaires de l'opéra'', Les Belles lettres *2002: ''Fin de race'', Flammarion, Prix Jacques-Bergier 2002.) *2002: ''Othon ou l'Aurore immobile'', Les Belles lettres,

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2002 *2003: ''Le Regard du poussin'', Les Belles lettres *2003: ''Rue de l’autre monde'', Le Masque *2004: ''Un été en Amérique'',

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*2005: ''La Sainte famille'', Mille et une nuits *2005: ''Bulletin blanc ! : Autofriction'',

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*2007: ''Les Orphelins du mal'', XO *2009: ''Les Derniers Jours de Paris'', XO, Prix de la ville du Touquet *2009: ''Le Petit Néo de la conversation'',

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*2010 ''Coup de fourchette'', Éditions du Moteur, (reprint in ''Six façons de le dire'', collective work with

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, Christophe Ferré, Éditions du Moteur, 2011) *2010: ''Jacques Offenbach'',

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, Prix de la ville de Deauville. *2011: ''Je pars à l’entracte'',

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, series " Les Affranchis" *2011: ''L’Enfant du premier matin'', XO, Prix des Romancières 2012 *2012: ''Les Fidélités successives'',

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brasserie Lipp - Prix du feuilleton 2012 - Prix de Val d'Isère 2013 *2012: ''Le Village de la fin du monde'',

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*2014: ''La Dévoration'', Albin Michel *2015: ''Dictionnaire amoureux de Paris'', Plon, Prix Jean-Jacques Berger 2015 de l'Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques - Prix de l'Académie Rabelais 2016. *2015: ''La Monnaie de Paris, 1150 ans d'histoire'', Albin Michel

Short stories

*2003: '' Plaisir d'offrir'', in anthology ' (dir.

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Prizes and distinctions

*2002:

*2002: Prix Jacques Bergier *2009: Prix de la ville du Touquet *2010: Prix de la ville de Deauville *2012:

brasserie Lipp *2012: Prix des romancières *2012: Prix du feuilleton *2013: Prix de Val d'Isère *2015: Prix Jean-Jacques Berger of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques *2016: Prix de l'Académie Rabelais

References

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