Xavier Patier (5 March 1958, Brive-la-Gaillarde) is a high

French Civil Service The French Civil Service (french: Fonction publique française) is the set of civil servants (''fonctionnaires'') working for the Government of France. Not all employees of the state and public institutions or corporations are civil servants; howev ...

official and writer.

Biography

Graduated from the

Institut d'études politiques de Paris , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , accreditation ...

, Xavier Patier is also a former student of the

École nationale d'administration The École nationale d'administration (generally referred to as ENA, en, National School of Administration) was a French ''grande école'', created in 1945 by President Charles de Gaulle and principal author of the 1958 Constitution Michel Deb ...

( class "Solidarité"). Parallel to his administrative career, marked by several passages in the ministerial chambers, close to Jacques Chirac and

Simone Veil Simone Veil (; ; 13 July 1927 – 30 June 2017) was a French magistrate and politician who served as Health Minister in several governments and was President of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1982, the first woman to hold that office. ...

, he devoted himself to the writing of his literary work, which earned him several prizes. He is one of the grandsons of former minister

Edmond Michelet Edmond Michelet (8 October 1899 – 9 October 1970) was a French politician. He is the father of the writer Claude Michelet. On 17 June 1940, he distributed tracts calling to continue the war in all Brive-la-Gaillarde's mailboxes. It is consid ...

Works

*1986: ''Frère Honorat'',

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003 it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by Ga ...

*1988: ''Le Juge'', Gallimard,

Cino Del Duca Cino Del Duca (25 July 1899 – 24 May 1967) was an Italian-born businessman film producer and philanthropist who moved to France in 1923 where he made a fortune in the French publishing business. Biography Cino Del Duca Born in Montedinove in ...

prize *1988: ''Le Migrateur'' *1990: ''Point d'orgue'', Gallimard *1992: ''Pour en finir avec le travail'', essay,

La Table ronde LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States. La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * La (musical note), or A, the sixth note * "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figur ...

*1994: ''Reste avec moi'', Gallimard *1994: ''Bientôt nous ne serons plus rien'', La Table ronde *1995: ''C'était pas si mal sous Giscard'', theatre, La Table ronde *1997: ''Trois minutes de soleil en plus'', short stories, La Table ronde *1996: ''Poison'', La Table ronde *1999: ''La Foire aux célibataires'', La Table ronde *2000: ''Horace à la campagne'', Les Belles-Lettres *2000: ''Les Trentenaires'', La Table ronde *2001: ''Le Démon de l'acédie'', La Table ronde *2001: ''L'Acquitté'', La Table ronde *2002: ''La Chasse'', essay, Le Cavalier bleu, prize *2002: ''Chasses à cœur ouvert'', with

Pierre Moinot Pierre Moinot (29 March 1920, in Fressines, Deux-Sèvres – 6 March 2007, in Paris) was a French novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 21 January 1982. Bibliography *''Armes et Bagages, roman'' (1952) *''La Chasse royale, r ...

, Léon Mazzella and *2003: ''Laisser-courre'', La Table ronde *2004: ''Le Château absolu'', La Table ronde *2006 ''Le Roman de Chambord'', Éditions du Rocher, Patrimoine littéraire prize of the (2006) *2008: ''Le Silence des termites'', La Table ronde,

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 movement. The ...

(2009) *2010: ''Un arbre en hiver'', éditions Le Promeneur *2012: ''Chaux vive'', La Table ronde *2014: ''Blaise Pascal, la nuit de l'extase '',

Éditions du Cerf ''Éditions du Cerf'' (French: "Editions of the Deer") is a French publishing house specializing in religious books. It was founded in 1929, and operated by the Dominican Order. The name is a reference to Psalm 42 (41): As the hart panteth ...

, series "Épiphanie"

Honours

* Chevalier of the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's estab ...

* Chevalier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

(2004)

Distinctions

* Corresponding member of the

Académie des beaux-arts 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, ...

(elected 21 octobre 2009, section des correspondants libres)

External links

Xavier Patier et la tentation de Port-Royal
on '' Valeurs actuelles''
''Le livre qui a changé ma vie'': Xavier Patier
on Famille chrétienne

on La Dépêche.fr

on France 3 * ttp://www.lavie.fr/medias/les-conseils-de-xavier-patier-pour-faire-retraite-au-quotidien-04-04-2014-51655_73.php ''Les conseils de Xavier Patier pour faire retraite au quotidien''on La Vie.fr {{DEFAULTSORT:Patier, Xavier Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University alumni Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni 20th-century French non-fiction writers Roger Nimier Prize winners Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur People from Brive-la-Gaillarde 1958 births Living people