Stéphane Bern Explained
Stéphane Bern |
Birth Date: | 14 November 1963 |
Birth Place: | Lyon, France |
Alma Mater: | École de management de Lyon |
Occupation: | Journalist, radio host and television presenter |
Stéphane Bern (in French pronounced as /stefan bɛʁn/; born 14 November 1963) is a French-Luxembourgish[1] journalist, radio host and television presenter. He is known as a specialist in nobility and royalty. He has been awarded honours by several nations, including the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), the Order of Grimaldi (Monaco), and the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom).
Education and personal life
Bern went to high school at Lycée Carnot in Paris, and he graduated from the École de management de Lyon in 1985. His parents, Melita Schlanger and Louis Bern, were born to Polish parents from Jewish families who had emigrated to Switzerland and France before WW2. He came out in the magazine Têtu in October 2009 and in the documentary "Vie privée, vie publique" (by Mireille Dumas), which aired on France 3 on 6 November 2009.
Career
Magazines
Bern was editor of the magazine Dynasty from 1985 to 1987, and then worked as a journalist for Jours de France in 1988. Since 1999, he has been the deputy editor (Events section) of the magazine Le Figaro Madame.
Radio
Bern chronicled various royal families on Europe 1 from 1992 to 1997 before joining Radio Télévision Luxembourg and participating in the show Les Grosses Têtes. Since 2000, he has produced and hosted the show Le Fou du roi on France Inter, which is the most listened-to show in France during this time slot. He hosts Historiquement Vôtre with Mathieu Noël on Europe 1 since September 2020.
Television
- Selected list
- 1998–2003: Sagas (TF1)
- 2003–06: 20 h 10 pétantes, which became Friday pétantes and Saturday pétantes (Canal+)
- 2006–07: L'Arène de France (France 2)
- 2007: Pourquoi les manchots n'ont-ils pas froid aux pieds ? ("Why don't penguins get cold feet?") (France 2)
- 2007: Secrets d'histoire (France 2)
- 2010: A program in honor of Philippe Bouvard, in January 2010 on the occasion of his fifty years of television (France 2)[2]
- 2010: Comment ça va bien ! (France 2)[3]
- 2015–present: Eurovision Song Contest as co-commentator of in the final (France 2)
- 2018–present: Junior Eurovision Song Contest as co-commentator of (France 2)
- 2021–2022: co-host of Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez ! (France 2)[4]
Public service
He was a member of the Nouvelle Action Royaliste political movement for 18 years, but left in 1999. He was alderman of the 9th arrondissement of Paris from 1999 to 2001, then President of the Conservatory of Music of that area.
A member since its inception in January 2001 of the Academy Grevin, he inaugurated the Grevin Wax Museum on 10 March 2008. Bern is also a member of the Cercle de l'Union interalliée and the Institute of the Royal House of France, and a sponsor of the Youth Club of that institute.
He was appointed by President Emmanuel Macron to raise funds for the national heritage.[5]
Opinions
Bern criticised the demolition of the historic Saint-Joseph Chapel of Saint-Paul College in Lille.[6] [7]
Works
- Grace Kelly (2007), co-edited by Albin Michel – Nostalgie, Paris, 2007, 139 p.
- Oubliez-moi, (2009) ed. Flammarion, Paris
- Une vie de chien. Les animaux chéris des grands de ce monde, (2009) ed. Albin Michel, Paris
- Au coeur de l'Écosse, (2009) ed. Flammarion, Paris, in collaboration with Franck Ferrand, William de Laubier, and Angelika Cawdor.
- Le livre fou… du roi, (2010) ed. Flammarion, Paris
- Secrets d'histoire, (2010) ed. Albin Michel, Paris
- Dictionnaire amoureux des royautés, (2010) ed. Plon, Paris
Filmography
Honours
National honours
Foreign honours
Officer of the Order of Honour in 2015.[14]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Stéphane Bern va devenir Luxembourgeois: "J'ai eu besoin de retrouver mes racines".
- Web site: Philippe Bouvard, 50 ans de rire! Stéphane Bern consacre une soirée à l'humoriste le 16 janvier sur France 2 . tele.premiere.fr . 31 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101008035531/http://tele.premiere.fr/News-Tele/Philippe-Bouvard-50-ans-de-rire--Stephane-Bern-consacre-une-soiree-a-l-humoriste-le-16-janvier-sur-France-2/(gid)/2172207 . 8 October 2010 . dmy-all .
- Web site: "Comment ça va bien?", la nouvelle émission d'accueil de France 2. . leblogtvnews.com . 5 January 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101103933/http://www.leblogtvnews.com/article--comment-a-va-bien-la-nouvelle-emission-d-acceuil-de-france-2--42379177.html . 1 November 2013 . dmy-all .
- Web site: France: Eurovision France, c'est vous qui décidez To Take Place in January. 2020-11-21. 2020-11-21. Eurovoix. Anthony. Granger.
- News: Macron aide wants state to buy Marie Antoinette's jewels. Charles Bremner. Paris. www.thetimes.co.uk.
- Web site: Tweet. 2021-02-27. Twitter. en.
- Web site: Démolition prévue pour la chapelle Saint-Joseph de Lille. 2021-02-28. LEFIGARO. 11 January 2021 . fr.
- Web site: Nominations dans l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres - janvier 2009. www2.culture.gouv.fr.
- Sovereign Ordonnance n° 3537 of 17 November 2011
- Web site: Stéphane Bern le fou du patrimoine . 12 January 2018 .
- 7sur7, Stephane Bern becomes Officer of the Order of Leopold
- Web site: Elizabeth II va décorer Stéphane Bern, chevalier de l'Ordre de l'Empire britannique . LCI . 4 June 2014.
- Web site: Meeting the Queen was very special for me . connexionfrance.com . 27 March 2019.
- Web site: Stéphane Bern : l'animateur préféré des Français honoré par la Grèce et félicité par Nikos !. 2021-04-02. Public.fr. 16 January 2015 . fr.
- Web site: FRANCE: INVESTITURE CEREMONY . 23 May 2019 .