Philippe Lançon () is a journalist working for the French satirical weekly newspaper ''

Charlie Hebdo ''Charlie Hebdo'' (; ) is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. The publication has been described as anti-racist, sceptical, secular, libertarian, and within the tradition of left-wing radicalism ...

'', who was wounded in the terrorist attack perpetrated against that publication on 7 January 2015.

Work

Lançon works primarily for other French publications, specializing in literature. He is a weekly contributor to ''Charlie Hebdo''. Lançon also wrote for ''

Libération (), popularly known as ''Libé'' (), is a daily newspaper in France, founded in Paris by Jean-Paul Sartre and Serge July in 1973 in the wake of the protest movements of May 1968 in France, May 1968. Initially positioned on the far left of Fr ...

'', a newspaper in France, and is a critic of Latin American writings. He is also an educator on

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and

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, having been a guest speaker at

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on occasion. In the Fall of 2015, he was expected to teach a course at Princeton titled "Writers and Dictators in Latin America."

Publications

* 1998: Monography on the artist Jean Daviot, Victoire éditions, Paris * 2004: * 2011: * 2016: Preface to ''La Légèreté'', by Catherine Meurisse, Dargaud, April 2016 * 2013: ''L'Élan'', Paris, éditions Gallimard, series "Blanche", * 2018: '' Le Lambeau'', Paris, éditions Gallimard, series "Blanche", 2018, 512 pages.

Terrorist attack

Lançon was attending a weekly meeting of ''Charlie Hebdo'' at the time of the attack on 7 January 2015. He was wounded in the face by rifle fire and was left in critical condition, but ultimately survived his injuries. Once assured of his survival after long medical treatment and therapy, he wrote his story in the book '' Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo'' (), for which he received two literary prizes in France.

Decorations

* Chevalier of the

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres The Order of Arts and Letters () is an order of France established on 2 May 1957 by the Minister of Culture. Its supplementary status to the was confirmed by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant ...

(2015)

Honours

In 2012, he was awarded the Prix Henri de Régnier 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 ...

for his work ''Les Îles''. In 2013, he received the Jean-Luc Lagardère Award for Journalist of the Year. In 2018, he was awarded the

Prix Femina The Prix Femina is a French List of literary awards, literary prize awarded each year by an exclusively female jury. The prize, which was established in 1904, is awarded to French-language works written in prose or Verse (poetry), verse by male ...

and the

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Jury's Special Prize for his autobiographical book ''Le Lambeau''.

References

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