Jérôme Garcin (born 4 October 1956) is a French journalist and writer. He heads the cultural section of the ''

Nouvel Observateur (), previously known as (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation. Its current editor is Cécil ...

'', produces and hosts the radio program ' on

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, and is a member of the reading committee of the

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Biography

Jérôme Garcin avant le Masque et la PLume

Jérôme Garcin was a pupil at the

lycée Henri-IV The Lycée Henri-IV is a public secondary school located in Paris. Along with the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious and demanding sixth-form colleges (''lycées'') in France. The school educates more than ...

in Paris before undertaking journalism studies. He then worked for the weekly '. He published his first poems in the early eighties. In 1989, he succeeded

Pierre Bouteiller Pierre Bouteiller (1655–1717) was a French Baroque composer. His surviving works comprise 13 petits motets The ''petit motet'' ("little motet") was a genre of domestic sacred chamber music popular in France during the baroque era. It was the sa ...

to animate the show ''The Masque and the Plume'' of France Inter, of which he later became the producer. He also holds the position of deputy director of the weekly ''

Le Nouvel Observateur (), previously known as (1964–2014), is a weekly French news magazine. Based in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, it is the most prominent French general information magazine in terms of audience and circulation. Its current editor is Cécil ...

'' and collaborates with the newspaper '. A former member of the

Prix Décembre The ''Prix Décembre'', originally known as the ''Prix Novembre'', is one of France's premier literary awards. It was founded under the name ''Prix Novembre'' in 1989 by Philippe Dennery (Michel Dennery, according to other sources). In 1998, the fou ...

, he was elected to the

Prix Renaudot The Prix Théophraste-Renaudot or Prix Renaudot () is a French literary award. History The prize was created in 1926 by ten art critics awaiting the results of deliberation of the jury of the Prix Goncourt. While not officially related to the ...

in March 2010''Beigbeder et Garcin au Renaudot ''
dépêche AFP du 10 mars 2011. In the same year he was a member of the

Prix Françoise Sagan The prix Françoise Sagan is a French literary award established in 2010 by , the son of Françoise Sagan. The Prize Awarded at the beginning of June, the Prix Françoise Sagan rewards "an author never yet rewarded, not even selected in recent ...

. In 1994, he received the

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for ''Pour Jean Prévost''. The son of Philippe Garcin, an editor at the

Presses universitaires de France Presses universitaires de France (PUF, English: ''University Press of France''), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is the largest French university publishing house. Recent company history The financial and legal structure ...

(PUF), who died at the age of 45 as a result of a horse accident, He would dedicate him his first novel, ''La Chute de cheval'', for which he was awarded the

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 ...

in 1998. When he was six, he accidentally lost his twin brother Olivier. He will dedicate him ''Olivier'', a narrative published in 2011. Garcin won the Grand prix de littérature Henri-Gal of the

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in 2013 and the Prix Prince Pierre de Monaco in 2008. He is married to actress , the daughter of actor

Gérard Philipe Gérard Philipe (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. Active in both theatre and cinema, he was, until his early death, one of the main ...

Controversy

The website suggested a

conflict of interest A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another. Typically, this relates to situations i ...

between his profession of literary criticism, of animator producing the most prescriptive radio program in literary matter, and that of writer: the highly praising critics of Jérôme Garcin's works would not be alien to the dominant position he occupies in the French literary microcosm.

Works

* 1994: ''Pour Jean Prévost'', Gallimard –

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1994 * 1995: ''Littérature vagabonde'',

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* 1998: ''La Chute de cheval'', Gallimard –

1998, * 1999: ''Barbara, claire de nuit'',

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, * 2001: ', Gallimard, – Hérault de Séchelles's imagined confessions * 2003: ''Théâtre intime'' –

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essai 2003 * 2004: ''Bartabas'' (novel), éd. Gallimard – biographie romancée sur l'écuyer

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;

Prix Jean-Freustié Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who als ...

* 2005: ''Le Masque et la Plume'' with Daniel Garcia, anthology of the program * 2006: ''Cavalier seul : journal équestre'', Gallimard * 2007: ''Les Sœurs de Prague'', Gallimard, * 2007: ''

Nouvelles Mythologies ''Nouvelles Mythologies'' is a collection of 57 texts written by authors, journalists and editorialists under the direction of Jérôme Garcin and published in 2007 at Éditions du Seuil to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication of the ...

'' (collective work under his direction, and writing of the text ''Le Corps nu d'Emmanuelle Béart''),

éditions du Seuil Éditions du Seuil (), also known as ''Le Seuil'', is a French publishing house established in 1935 by Catholic intellectual Jean Plaquevent (1901–1965), and currently owned by La Martinière Groupe. It owes its name to this goal "The ''seuil'' ...

* 2008: ''Son excellence, monsieur mon ami'', Gallimard –

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2008 * 2009: ''Les livres ont un visage'',

Mercure de France The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group. The gazette was published f ...

* 2010: ''L'Écuyer mirobolant'', Gallimard, * 2011: ''Olivier'', éd. Gallimard * 2012: ''Fraternité secrète'' in collaboration with

Jacques Chessex Jacques Chessex (Payerne, 1 March 1934 – Yverdon-les-Bains, 9 October 2009) was a Swiss author and painter. Biography Chessex was born in 1934 in Payerne. From 1951 to 1953, he studied at Collège Saint-Michel in Fribourg, before undertaking ...

éditions Grasset The Grasset Editions () is a French publishing house founded in 1907 by (1881–1955). History Founder In 1913, Bernard Grasset publishes the first volume of ''À la recherche du temps perdu'', by Marcel Proust, '' Du côté de chez Swann'', ...

, * 2013: ', Gallimard – Prix des romancières 2014 * 2014: ''Le Voyant'', Gallimard – biography of blind resistant

Jacques Lusseyran Jacques Lusseyran (19 September 1924 – 27 July 1971) was a French author and political activist. Blinded at the age of 7, at 17 Lusseyran became a leader in the French resistance against Nazi Germany's occupation of France in 1941. He was e ...

– prix Nice Baie des Anges 2015 – Prix Relay des Voyageurs Lecteurs 2015 – Prix d’une vie * 2015: ''Nos dimanches soirs'', co-éd. Grasset/France-Inter – ''Le Masque et la Plume'' et son histoire

References

External links

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