Christophe Boltanski

Christophe Boltanski studied at Paris Institute of Political Studies and Centre de formation des journalistes. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is war journalism, opinion journalism and literary activity. Employment is recorded with Libération and Le Nouvel Obs. Distinctions recorded are Bayeux-Calvados Awards for war correspondents and Prix Femina.

• Born — 10 July 1962 • Birthplace — Boulogne-Billancourt • Citizenship — French • Occupation — journalist, writer, novelist • Employer — Libération, Le Nouvel Obs • Parents — Luc Boltanski • Awards — Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre 92000), Prix Femina (2015), Prix des prix littéraires (2015)

Christophe Boltanski is the son of sociologist Luc Boltanski and the nephew of linguist Jean-Élie Boltanski and conceptual artist Christian Boltanski. After he completed his studies in 1987 at the Centre de formation des journalistes, Christophe Boltanski worked for the Le Progrès Egyptien (within the framework of his national service then for the daily Libération from 1989 to 2007; after being a war correspondent during the Gulf War, he was the correspondent of this newspaper in Jerusalem (1995–2000) and then in London (2000–2004). From 2007 to 2017, he worked for the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur, while collaborating on the website Rue 89. In 2000 he was awarded the Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre for a report on a mine in Congo, in the Nord-Kivu region: "Les Mineurs de l'enfer".

• Non-fiction Books • Les Sept Vies de Yasser Arafat (with Jihan El-Tahri), Grasset, 1997 • Bethléem: 2000 ans de passion (with Farah Mébarki and Rémi Benali, at Éditions Tallandier, 2000 • Chirac d'Arabie (Les Mirages d'une politique française) (with Éric Aeschimann), Grasset, 2006 • Minerais de sang: Les esclaves du monde moderne, Folio (Gallimard), 2014, Grasset, 2012, photographs by Patrick Robert • Novels • La Cache, Stock, collection bleue, 2015. – Prix Femina and Prix des prix littéraires 2015