Catherine Nay Explained

Catherine Nay
Birth Date:	1 January 1943
Birth Place:	Tours, France
Occupation:	Journalist

Catherine Nay (born 1 January 1943) is a French journalist and political commentator.

Biography

After she attended primary and secondary schools in Périgueux, Nay started studying law but dropped in license year to become a journalist. In 1968, at the age of 25, she was hired by the political service of the newspaper L'Express led by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, where she covered right-wing politics.^[1] From 1975, Nay made a major part of her career at radio station Europe 1.^[2]

In 2005, she became an advisor to Europe 1's chairman Jean-Pierre Elkabbach. In 2008–9, she appeared several times in Le Grand Journal (Canal+) as a political commentator along with Alain Duhamel, Philippe Val and .

Since 2007, Nay has appeared regularly in Les grandes voix d'Europe 1 on Saturdays. Since 2011, she has been a cast member of Il n'y en a pas deux comme Elle hosted by on Europe 1.^[3] In April 2012, she was a jury member of broadcast by France 4.^[4]

Upon the commemoration of the May 1958 and May 1968 events, Nay's first documentary film was broadcast by France 3 in prime time at the end of May 2018.

For a long time Nay lived with politician and Elf Aquitaine's former leader Albin Chalandon,^[5] whom she had met at the political convention of the UNR party.^[6] Chalandon married Nay in 2016, after the death of his wife Salomé from whom he had not divorced.

Nay was made an Officier of the National Order of Merit.^[7]

Published works

• Book: fr. La Double Méprise . Paris . Grasset . 1980 . 978-2-246-25241-2.
• Book: fr. Le Noir et le Rouge, ou l'Histoire d'une ambition . Paris . Grasset . 1984. 978-2-246-28191-7 .
• Book: fr. Les Sept Mitterrand, ou les Métamorphoses d'un septennat . Paris . Grasset. 1987 . 978-2-246-36291-3.
• Book: fr. Le Dauphin et le Régent. Paris . Grasset . 1994 . 978-2-246-47171-4.
• Book: fr . Un pouvoir nommé désir . Paris . Grasset . 2007 . 978-2-246-68001-7.
• Book: fr. L'Impétueux : Tourments, tourmentes, crises et tempêtes . Paris . Grasset . 2012 . 978-2-246-79010-5.
• Book: fr. Souvenirs, souvenirs… Tome 1 . Paris . Robert Laffont . 2019 . 978-2-221-19074-6.
• Book: fr. Tu le sais bien, le temps passe. Souvenirs, souvenirs… Tome 2 . Paris . Bouquins. 2021 . 978-2-382-92104-3.

Notes and References

1. Book: fr. David Buxton. Francis James. Vulgarisateurs, essayistes, animateurs : Interventions et engagements médiatiques en France depuis les années 1980. L'Harmattan. 2009. 44–45.
2. Web site: fr. Catherine Nay. Libération.fr. 10 January 1995. 28 September 2019. 9 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120609065018/http://www.liberation.fr/medias/0101129595-catherine-nay. dead.
3. Web site: fr. Il n'y en a pas deux comme ELle. Europe 1.
4. Web site: fr. Kevin Boucher. "Qui veut devenir président ?" sur France 4, à la recherche des futurs talents de la politique. PureMédias. 3 April 2012.
5. Book: fr. Sophie Coignard.

   fr:Sophie Coignard

   . Alexandre Wickham. L'Omertà française. 1999. 54.
6. Book: fr. Christophe Deloire. Christophe Dubois.

   fr:Christophe Dubois (journaliste)

   . . Albin Michel. 2006. 37. 2226172556.
7. Web site: fr. Décret du 14 novembre 2006 portant promotion et nomination. JORF. 264 . 15 November 2006. 17122.