Camille Pascal is a French writer and senior civil servant. After having held the position of secretary general and director of communication of the France Télévisions group, he was adviser to President

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa (; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. Born in Paris, he is of Hungarian, Greek Jewish, and French origin. Mayor of Neuilly-sur-Sei ...

between 2011 and 2012. He is the winner of the 2018

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 ...

. He has served on the

Council of State A Council of State is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head o ...

since 2012.

Awards and honors

Decorations

* Chevalier de l'ordre national du Mérite (2007) * Chevalier de l'ordre des Palmes académiques (2003) * Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2019) * Commandeur de l'ordre de Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand (2008) *

Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio

Chevalier grand-officier catégorie de mérite, de l'

ordre sacré et militaire constantinien de Saint-Georges The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (SMOCG) ( it, Sacro Militare Ordine Costantiniano di San Giorgio, es, Sagrada Orden Militar Constantiniana de San Jorge), also historically referred to as the Imperial Constantinian Order ...

(2016) *

Officier de l' ordre ''pro Merito Melitensi'' (2012)

Prizes

* Prix du Cercle des amis de Montesquieu, for ''Le Goût du Roi'' (2008). *

Prix du livre incorrect The Prix du livre incorrect is a French literary prize. It was created in 2006 by Jean Sévillia. Lauréats * 2007 : Éric de Montgolfier for ''Le Devoir de déplaire'' (Michel Lafon) * 2008 : Jean Clair for ''Malaise dans les musées'' (Flamm ...

, for ''Ainsi dieu choisit la France'' (2017). *

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 ...

, for '' L'Été des quatre rois'' (2018). * Since 2003, Camille Pascal has been an associate member of the

Académie des sciences morales, des lettres et des arts de Versailles et d'Île-de-France An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

Publications

Collective work

:For Foreseen, International Observatory of Sociological Trends: * 1998 : ''L’Alternative des valeurs féminines'', éd. Denoël, 188 p. * 1998 : ''De l’homo sapiens à l’homme interactif'', éd. Denoël, 258 p. * 1999 : ''Les Nouveaux Horizons de la consommation'', éd. Plon, 266 p. * 1999 : ''Du corps machine à la santé harmonique'', éd. Plon, 271 p. * 1999 : ''La Soif d’émotion'', éd. Plon, 271 p. * 2000 : ''Les Screenagers, avoir 20 ans en l’an 2000'', éd. Plon, 248 p.

Essays

* 2006 : ''Le Goût du roi : Louis XV et

Marie-Louise O'Murphy Marie-Louise O'Murphy (; 21 October 1737 – 11 December 1814), also variously called ''Mademoiselle de Morphy'', ''La Belle Morphise'', ''Louise Morfi'' or ''Marie-Louise Morphy de Boisfailly'', was one of the lesser mistresses (''petites maî ...

'', éd. Perrin, 327 p. * 2012 : ''Scènes de la vie quotidienne a l’Élysée'', éd. Plon * 2015 : ''Les Derniers Mondains'', éd. Plon * 2016 : ''Ainsi, Dieu choisit la France'', Presses de la Renaissance, 352 p.

Novels

* 2018 : '' L'Été des quatre rois'', éd. Plon * 2020 : ''La chambre des dupes'', éd. Plon * 2022 : ''L'Air était tout en feu'', Robert Laffont, 352 p.

References

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