Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre (born 20 March 1976) is a French journalist and author.
Biography
Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre was born in
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine (; 'Neuilly-on-Seine'), also known simply as Neuilly, is an urban Communes of France, commune in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department just west of Paris in France. Immediately adjacent to the city, north of the ...
, France on 20 March 1976, a descendant of
Princess Isabelle d’Orléans. She won five literary prizes for her first novel and was a finalist for the
Goncourt prize for début fiction. Her second novel won the
Grand Prix du Roman in 2016.
Clermont-Tonnerre attended the
Ecole Normale Supérieure though she didn't complete. She worked in investment banking in France and Mexico. Clermont-Tonnerre then became a columnist and journalist, currently working as the section editor on ''Point de Vue''.
Works
* ''Fourrure'',
Éditions Stock
Stock is a French publisher, a subsidiary of Hachette Livre, which itself is part of the Lagardère Group.
It was founded in the 18th century by André Cailleau, who was succeeded in 1753 by Nicolas-Bonaventure Duchesne, who published Voltaire and ...
, 2010,
* ''Le dernier des nôtres'',
Éditions Grasset
Éditions Grasset () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). Grasset publishes French and foreign literature, essays, novels and children's books, among others.
Bernard Grasset sold ownership of the company to Hachette ...
, 2016
** Translated by Adriana Hunter as ''The Last of Our Kind'',
, 2018,
* ''Les Jours heureux'',
Éditions Grasset
Éditions Grasset () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). Grasset publishes French and foreign literature, essays, novels and children's books, among others.
Bernard Grasset sold ownership of the company to Hachette ...
, 2021,
Sources
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1976 births
Living people
Writers from Neuilly-sur-Seine
French women journalists
French journalists
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners
French nobility
Clermont-Tonnerre