Éric Reinhardt Explained

Éric Reinhardt
Birth Date:2 April 1965
Birth Place:Nancy, France
Occupation:Writer, publisher
Awards:Globe de Cristal d'honneur (2012)[1]

Éric Reinhardt (born 2 April 1965)[2] is a French writer and publisher currently living in Paris.[3]

Early life

Reinhardt grew up in a middle-class family approximately 30 kilometres from Paris in Corbeil-Essonnes.[4] He attended preparatory classes in Paris at Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour before studying at ISG Business School with the aim of finding employment in the publishing world. At ISG he wrote a first-year thesis on the publishing committee at Gallimard and a thesis on . Following the completion of his studies, Reinhardt commenced working in publishing before moving into publishing art books specifically.[5] He worked at publishing houses, Albin Michel, and .[6]

Novelist

Reinhardt began writing while working in publishing and published his first novel Demi-sommeil in 1998 with . Demi-sommeil explored dealing with the loss of childhood and love.[7] Le Moral des ménages, published in 2002 by Editions Stock is a critique of the middle class.[8] Existence (2004), Cendrillon (2007) and Le Système Victoria (2011) continued in this vein, subjects covered included globalisation, world finance and the diktat of social achievement.[9] L'Amour et les forêts (2014), Reinhardt's first novel published by Gallimard represented a change in topic to the world of the intimate in the spirit of Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant.[10] Selling more than 100,000 copies, this novel won both Le Prix Renaudot des lycéens and Le Prix Roman France Télévisions in 2014.[11]

A blend of truth and fiction, La Chambre des époux (2017) covered his wife's experience with breast cancer and his fear of losing her.[12] Comédies françaises (2020) is a novel based on real events about the development of the internet and the impact of lobbyist Ambroise Roux who convinced Valery Giscard d'Estaing to halt French efforts based on the ideas of Louis Pouzin.[13] Comédies françaises was nominated for the,[14] the Prix Interallié,[15] the Prix Medicis[16] and won the ex aequo with Constance Debré's Love me tender.[17]

Bibliography

Novels

Theatre

Notes and References

  1. News: Bester . Eva . Eric Reinhardt : " La mélancolie en soi ne me dérange pas. Ce que je fuis, c'est plutôt l'angoisse " . France Inter . 12 October 2021 . 3 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Éric Reinhardt . ELLE . 12 October 2021 . French.
  3. Web site: Éric Reinhardt . Opéra national de Paris . 12 October 2021.
  4. News: Gourdon . Jessica . Eric Reinhardt: " Je me suis servi de mon école de commerce pour intégrer le milieu de l'édition " . Eric Reinhardt: "I used my time at business school to get into the world of publishing" . 12 October 2021 . Le Monde . 14 September 2020 . French.
  5. Web site: Eric Reinhardt . france inter . Radio France . 12 October 2021 . French . 2014.
  6. Web site: Eric Reinhardt: Biographie . LePetitLittéraire.fr . 12 October 2021 . French.
  7. News: Roy . Vincent . "Demi-sommeil", d'Eric Reinhardt : adieu à l'innocence . "Demi-sommeil" by Eric Reinhardt : goodbye to innocence . 12 October 2021 . Le Monde . 30 September 2010 . French.
  8. News: Busnel . François . La famille élémentaire . 12 October 2021 . L'Express . 21 February 2002 . French . Mais il faut prendre ce texte pour ce qu'il est: le plus fort et le plus excitant de ce début d'année..
  9. Web site: ÉRIC REINHARDT . Festival d'Avignon . 12 October 2021.
  10. News: Barnett . Emily . Rentrée littéraire : qui était notre coup de cœur, il y a cinq ans ? . 12 October 2021 . Les Inrockuptibles . 15 August 2019 . French.
  11. News: Peras . Delphine . Eric Reinhardt mis en cause pour atteinte à la vie privée et contrefaçon . 12 October 2021 . L'Express . 25 August 2014 . French.
  12. News: Bouchy . Florence . Eric Reinhardt chante le pouvoir consolateur et salvateur de l'art . 12 October 2021 . Le Monde . 26 August 2017 . French.
  13. News: Leyris . Raphaëlle . " Comédies françaises ", d'Eric Reinhardt : sur les traces du fiasco de l'Internet français . 12 October 2021 . Le Monde . 22 August 2020 . French.
  14. Web site: Turcev . Nicolas . La sélection du prix Le Monde 2020 . Livres Hebdo . 12 October 2021 . French . 23 July 2020.
  15. Web site: Oury . Antoine . Huit ouvrages sélectionnés pour le Prix Interallié 2020 . ActuaLitté . 12 October 2021 . French . 24 September 2020.
  16. News: Prix Médicis 2020 : 15 romans français et 13 étrangers dans la première sélection . 12 October 2021 . L'Obs . 11 September 2020 . French.
  17. Web site: Voici les lauréats 2020 du prix littéraire des Inrockuptibles . Les Inrockuptibles . 12 October 2021 . French . 17 November 2020.