Stéphane Hoffmann in 2012 Stéphane Hoffmann (6 March 1958,

Saint-Nazaire Saint-Nazaire (; ; Gallo: ''Saint-Nazère/Saint-Nazaer'') is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany. The town has a major harbour on the right bank of the Loire estuary, near the Atlantic Ocean ...

) 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

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, 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 Félicien Marceau (16 September 1913 – 7 March 2012) was a French novelist, playwright and essayist originally from Belgium. His real name was Louis Carette. He was close to the Hussards right-wing literary movement, which in turn was close t ...

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 ...

Jean d'Ormesson Count Jean Bruno Wladimir François de Paule Le Fèvre d'Ormesson (16 June 1925 – 5 December 2017) was a French novelist. He was the author of forty books, the director of ''Le Figaro'' from 1974 to 1979, and the Dean of the Académie français ...

Régine Deforges Régine Deforges (15 August 1935 – 3 April 2014) was a French author, editor, director, and playwright. Her book ''La Bicyclette bleue'' was the most popular book in France in 2000 and it was known by some to be offensive and to others for i ...

Hélène Carrère d'Encausse Hélène Carrère d'Encausse (; born Hélène Zourabichvili; 6 July 1929) is a French political historian of Georgians in France, Georgian origin, specializing in History of Russia, Russian history. Since 1999, she has served as the Perpetual Sec ...

, and

Geneviève Dormann Geneviève Dormann (24 September 1933 – 13 February 2015) was a French journalist and novelist. The daughter of politician Maurice Dormann, she was born in Paris. Dormann worked as a journalist for the magazine ''Marie Claire'' and for the new ...

. 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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(

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, 6th,

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), he settled in La Douettée, a hamlet on the banks of the Isac, on the outskirts of the in

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. At

La Baule-Escoublac La Baule-Escoublac (; br, Ar Baol-Skoubleg, ), commonly referred to as La Baule, is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department, Pays de la Loire, western France. A century-old seaside resort in southern Brittany with villas, casino, luxury hot ...

, 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 –

Prix Roger Nimier The Roger Nimier Prize () is a French literature award. It is supposed to go to "a young author whose spirit is in line with the literary works of Roger Nimier". Nimier (1925–1962) was a novelist and a leading member of the Hussards (literary move ...

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

Patrick Besson Patrick Besson (born 1 June 1956) is a French writer and journalist. Life Besson was born of a half Russian father and a Croatian mother. He published his first novel, ''Early Mornings of Love'', in 1974, aged 17. A Communist sympathizer, 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'' (The ...

, Irène Frain,

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, Éric Neuhoff,

François Nourissier François Nourissier (Paris, 18 May 1927–Paris, 15 February 2011) was a French journalist and writer. Nourissier was the secretary-general of Éditions Denoël (1952–1955), editor of the review ''La Parisienne'' (1955–1958), and an adviser ...

Didier van Cauwelaert Didier Van Cauwelaert (born 29 July 1960) is a French author of Belgian descent who was born in Nice. In 1994 his novel '' Un Aller simple'' won the Prix Goncourt. In 1997 he was awarded the Grand prix du théâtre de l’Académie française. ...

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 -

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(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 is judged by a panel of journalists. It is awarded yearly in November, at the Café de Flore in Paris. The ...

2011 - finalist

Prix Interallié The prix Interallié (Interallié Prize), also known simply as ''l'Interallié'', is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist. History The prize was started on 3 December 1930 by about thirty or so journal ...

2011 - finalist

Prix des Deux Magots The Prix des Deux Magots is a major French literary prize. It is presented to new works, and is generally awarded to works that are more off-beat and less conventional than those that receive the more mainstream Prix Goncourt. The name derives from ...

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 -

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2016 - first selection Renaudot - first selection

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ...

- first selection Interallié - selection Prix Renaudot young adult - finalist

Grand prix Jean Giono The Grand prix Jean Giono () is a French literary prize. It was established in 1990 at the initiative of Michel Albert, to honour the writer Jean Giono. Since 1992 it consists of two categories: the Jean Giono Grand Prize (Grand prix Jean Giono) a ...

- 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 attribué à Stéphane Hoffmann''
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''Le Prix Jean-Freustié 2016 pour Stéphane Hoffmann''
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''Destinées sentimentales''
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''Un enfant plein d'angoisse et très sage'' - Stéphane Hoffmann
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffmann, Stephane 20th-century French essayists 21st-century French essayists 20th-century French journalists 21st-century French journalists 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists Roger Nimier Prize winners Prix Jean Freustié winners 1958 births People from Saint-Nazaire Living people Lycée Janson-de-Sailly alumni