François Sureau (; born 19 September 1957) is a French writer, lawyer and technocrat. He was born in the

14th arrondissement of Paris The 14th arrondissement of Paris ( ), officially named ''arrondissement de l'Observatoire'' (; meaning "arrondissement of the Observatory"; named after the Paris Observatory), is one of the 20 Arrondissements of Paris, arrondissements of Paris, ...

and educated at the

École nationale d'administration The (; ENA; ) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by the then Provisional Government of the French Republic, provisional chief of government Charles de Gaulle and principal co-author of the Constitution of France, 1958 Constitution M ...

(ENA). He is a co-founder and co-director of the French Review of Economics. He is also the founding president of the Association Pierre Claver which assists refugees and displaced persons who have arrived in France. He is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Commentary. Sureau has won a number of prizes for his literary works. These include ''La Corruption du siècle'', winner of the Prix Colette in 1988; ''L'Infortune'', winner of the

Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française The is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie Française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the ...

in 1990; ''Le Sphinx de Darwin'', winner of the Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle in 1997; and ''Les Alexandrins'' which won the Prix Méditerranée in 2003. On 15 October 2020, he was elected as a member of the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

(seat 24).François Sureau élu à l'Académie française
on ''

Le Figaro () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in several plays by polymath Pierre Beaumarchais, Beaumarchais (1732–1799): ''Le Barbier de Séville'', ''The Guilty Mother, La Mère coupable'', ...

Books

* ''La Corruption du siècle'', 1988, Prix Colette * ''L'Infortune'', Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française, 1990 * ''L'Aile de nos chimères'', 1993 * ''Les hommes n'en sauront rien'', 1995 * ''Le Sphinx de Darwin'', 1997 * ''Lambert Pacha'', 1998 * ''Les Alexandrins'', Prix Méditerranée, 2003 * ''L'Indépendance à l'épreuve'' * ''La Chanson de Passavant'', 2005 * ''L'Obéissance'', 2006 * ''Inigo. Portrait'', 2010 * ''Sans Bruit Sans Trace'', 2011 * ''Le Chemin des Morts'', 2013 * ''Surs les Bords de Tout'', 2016 * ''Je ne pense plus voyager. La mort de Charles de Foucauld'', 2016

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sureau, Francois 1957 births Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Members of the Académie Française 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists French male novelists Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle recipients Writers from Paris Members of the Conseil d'État (France) Living people 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners