Stéphane Hoffmann in 2012 Stéphane Hoffmann (6 March 1958,

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) is a French writer.

Biography

Stéphane Hoffmann was sent to the Jesuits at Saint-François-Xavier in

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for ten years, then to the Frères de Ploërmel at the Lycée Saint-Louis in Saint-Nazaire. After he studied in hypokhâgne at

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in Paris, and although admitted in khâgne, he preferred to continue history and law studies in 1977 at the

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and the Panthéon-Assas University. He finished them with a bachelor's degree in history (1980) and a master's degree in private law, obtained in 1983 in Nantes, where he lived from 1980 to 1992. After three days working as a chronicler in the radios of Nantes, he organized "Les mardis nantais" between 1983 and 1987, evenings where he would receive some writers, including Félicien Marceau,

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, Jean d'Ormesson,

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, and Geneviève Dormann. The publication of his first novel in 1989 opened him the doors of ''

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'', where he published his first article on the history of the

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in 1990. He wrote a few hundred more on books, actresses, cigars and the best way to polish one's shoes. Since March 2013, he holds a television critic's column: "La vision télé de Stéphane Hoffmann". Having lived from 1992 to 2002 in four

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( 15th, 6th, 9th, 7th), he settled in La Douettée, a hamlet on the banks of the Isac, on the outskirts of the in

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

. At

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, he has organized and animated since 2003 "Les Rendez-Vous de La Baule", where he invites every year twenty authors to meet their readers. And, since 2011, "Les Rendez-Vous des écrivains", the first weekend of December.

Works

*1989: ''Le gouverneur distrait'', novel –

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*1990: ''Château Bougon'', novel – Albin Michel, 1990 –

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1991 *1991: ''Voyage à l'Ouest - dix étapes en Loire-Atlantique.'' Conceived and presented by Stéphane Hoffmann, with texts by Patrick Besson,

Michel Déon Michel Déon (; 4 August 1919 – 28 December 2016) was a French novelist and literary columnist. He published over 50 works and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, '' Les Poneys sauvages'' (Th ...

, Geneviève Dormann,

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, Luba Jurgenson, Félicien Marceau, Éric Neuhoff,

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, Didier van Cauwelaert and Armel de Wismes - Albin Michel *1994: ''Félicien Marceau'', essay –

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*1995: ''Gaillot l’Imposteur'', leaflet – Éditions du Rocher *1996: ''Le Bon Tabac, traité sur les bienfaits du tabac'' – Albin Michel *1997: ''La Droite honteuse, tableau des mœurs politiques françaises à la fin du 20e siècle'' – Éditions du Rocher *1998: ''Le Grand Charles'', or ''En écoutant Trenet chanter'', portrait discographique de Charles Trenet – Albin Michel *2000: ''Journal d’un crétin'', novel – Éditions du Rocher �
Prix Louis Barthou
of the

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*2001: ''La Gloire des cachalots, pamphlet contre les notables'' – Éditions du Rocher *2002: ''Le Gros Nul'', selfportrait – Éditions du Rocher *2007: ''Des filles qui dansent'', novel – Albin Michel – Prix Bretagne 2008 *2008: ''Des garçons qui tremblent'', novel – Albin Michel - Prix Ève Delacroix (Académie française) and Grand Prix d'honneur of la ville de La Baule (Société littéraire et artistique de La Baule) *2011: ''Les Autos tamponneuses'', novel - Albin Michel, - first selection

Prix de Flore The Prix de Flore is a French literary prize founded in 1994 by Frédéric Beigbeder. The aim of the prize is to reward youthful authors and it is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November, at the Café de Flore in Paris. T ...

2011 - finalist

Prix Interallié The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual France, French list of literary awards, literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 19 ...

2011 - finalist

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2012 *2014: ''Le Méchant prince et autres histoires sans morales'', short stories - Albin Michel *2016: ''Un enfant plein d'angoisse et très sage,'' novel - Albin Michel - Prix Jean-Freustié 2016 - first selection Renaudot - first selection

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- first selection Interallié - selection Prix Renaudot young adult - finalist Grand prix Jean Giono - selection prix des Deux Magots 2017.

External links

Nantes. ''Stéphane Hoffmann en piste pour le Renaudot et le Giono''
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''Le Prix Jean-Freustié 2016 pour Stéphane Hoffmann''
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''Un enfant plein d'angoisse et très sage'' - Stéphane Hoffmann
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