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Jean-Paul Enthoven

ジャン=ポール・エントーヴェン

Jan-Pōru Entōven

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1949-01-11 (Mascara, Algeria)
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Religion
Judaism (agnostic)
Residence History
French Algeria, Mascara (birth) → France, Paris

Career

Occupations
Publisher, Journalist, University assistant
Active Years
1971-2024
Affiliations
Grasset & Fasquelle, Hachette-Littérature, Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Point
Memberships
Jury member of prix Saint-Germain (since 2011)
Influenced By
Pierre Nora, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Maurice Clavel, Raymond Aron, Pierre Boutang
Influenced
Raphaël Enthoven

Education

Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
Philosophy
Country: France
Attended philosophy classes by Maurice Clavel
Sciences Po
Degree: 政治学研究修了証
Country: France
Paris-Sorbonne University
Faculty of Letters
Degree: 歴史学学位
Country: France
Faculté de droit de Paris
Degree: 公法・政治学 DES
Country: France
Assistant at University Paris I 1973-1975

Awards

Prix Cazes
1997
Work: Les Enfants de Saturne
Result: 受賞
Prix Valery-Larbaud
1997
Work: Les Enfants de Saturne
Result: 受賞
Prix du livre Europe 1
2001
Work: Aurore
Organization: Europe 1
Result: 受賞
Prix Nice Baie des anges
2006
Work: La Dernière Femme
Result: 受賞
Prix Femina essai
2013
Work: Dictionnaire amoureux de Proust
Result: 受賞
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officier)
2014
Organization: Ministry of Culture
Result: officier

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Enfants de Saturne

1996 novel
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Aurore

2001 novel

La Dernière Femme

2006 novel

Dictionnaire amoureux de Proust

2013 essay
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Bibliography

  • Les Enfants de Saturne
  • Aurore
  • La Dernière Femme
  • Ce que nous avons eu de meilleur
  • L'Hypothèse des sentiments
  • Dictionnaire amoureux de Proust
  • Saisons de papier
  • Ce qui plaisait à Blanche
  • Les raisons du coeur

Adaptations

  • Day and Night (co-writer, 1997)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Intellectual and essayistic novel styleRefined prose
Recurring Motifs
Family relationshipsPhilosophical inquiryIntellectual friendships

Legacy

Prominent French publisher, journalist, and novelist. Worked at Grasset and others, won several literary prizes. Known as close friend of Bernard-Henri Lévy and others.

In Popular Culture

  • Family relationships (rift with son Raphaël) featured in media

Trivia

  • Pied-noir born in Algeria from a Jewish family.
  • Close friend of BHL, called his 'Minister of the Interior'.
  • Publicly disowned son Raphaël in 2020 over autobiography.