Patrick Rambaud
Patrick Rambaud (born 21 April 1946) is a French writer.
Patrick Rambaud
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- Name
- Patrick Rambaud
- Born
- 21 April 1946
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Writer
- Awards
- Prix Goncourt (1997) Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie française (1997) Patrick Rambaud (born 21 April 1946) is a French writer.
- Nationality
- France
- Fields
- journalism · creative and professional writing · literature
- Known for
- The Battle
- Honours
- Prix Goncourt · Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française · Prix du livre incorrect
- Languages
- French
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The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is journalism, creative and professional writing and literature. Works named in the authority record are The Battle. Distinctions recorded are Prix Goncourt, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française and Prix du livre incorrect.
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Key facts
• Name — Patrick Rambaud • Born — 21 April 1946 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Occupation — Writer • Awards — Prix Goncourt (1997) Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie française (1997) Patrick Rambaud (born 21 April 1946) is a French writer.
Life
Life
Born in Paris, France, with Michel-Antoine Burnier, he wrote forty pastiches (satirical novels). He wrote Le Journalisme sans peine (Editions Plon, 1997). In 1970, he helped found the iconic magazine Actuel. In 2008, he was elected a member of L'Académie Goncourt, succeeding Daniel Boulanger. He remained a member for fourteen years, resigning the position in December 2022 for reasons of ill heath, and becoming an Honorary Member.
English translations
English translations
• The Battle (translator Will Hobson). London: Picador, 2000; New York: Grove Press, 2001. • The Retreat (translator Will Hobson). London: Picador, 2004; New York: Grove Press, 2004. • The Exile (translator Shaun Whiteside). London: Picador, 2005; Napoleon's Exile. New York: Grove Press, 2006.
Identity
Identity
Patrick Rambaud is recorded with the occupation literary critic. Recorded as journalist, writer, film critic and literary critic.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1946
Patrick Rambaud was born on 21 April 1946.
Publications in French
• Les Complots de la liberté, 1832, Grasset, 1976; with Michel-Antoine Burnier • Parodies, Balland, 1977; with Michel-Antoine Burnier; parodies of Simone de Beauvoir, Per Jakez Hélias, Marguerite Duras, Louis Aragon, Henry de Montherlant, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, André Malraux, Samuel Beckett, Emmanuelle Arsan, Boris Vian, François Mallet-Joris and Philippe Sollers, François Mitterrand, Roland Barthes, André Breton, Françoise Sagan, Maurice Clavel, Gérard de Villiers, Charles de Gaulle • Fric-frac, Grasset, 1984 • La Mort d'un ministre, Grasset, 1985 • Comment se tuer sans avoir l'air, La Table Ronde, 1986 • Virginie Q., Balland, 1988; under the pseudonym Marguerite Duraille • Le Visage parle., Balland, 1988 • Elena Ceausescu: carnets secrets, Flammarion, 1990 • Ubu président, Robert Laffont, 1990 • 1848, Grasset, 1994 • Les Mirobolantes Aventures de Fregoli, Robert Laffont, 1991 • Le Gros Secret: mémoires du labrador de François Mitterrand, Calmann-Levy, 1996; under the pseudonym Baltique • Mururoa mon amour, Lattès, 1996; under the pseudonym Marguerite Duraille • La Bataille, Grasset, 1997; reprint Librairie générale française, 1999 • Le Journalisme dans peine, Plon, 1997 • Les Aventures de mai, Grasset, 1998 • Il neigeait, Grasset, 2000; reprint Librairie générale française, 2002 • Bernard Pivot reçoit…, Grasset, 2001 • Comme des rats, Grasset, 2002 • L'Absent, Grasset, 2003 • Le Sacre de Napoléon, 2 décembre 1804, Michel Lafon, 2004 • L'Idiot du village, Grasset, 2005 • Le Chat botté, Grasset, 2006 • La Grammaire en s'amusant, Grasset, 2007 • Chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier, Grasset, 2008; chronicles the first six months of Sarkozy's presidency, in pastiche of Saint-Simon) • Deuxième chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier, Grasset, 2009 • Troisième chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier, Grasset, 2010 • François le Petit, Grasset, 2016 • Chronique d'une fin de règne, Grasset, 2017 • Quand Dieu apprenait le dessin, Grasset, 2018 • Emmanuel le Magnifique, Grasset, 2019 • Le Roman du canard, Points, 2019 • Les Cinq Plaies du Royaume, Grasset, 2020 • Morituri, Grasset, 2022
Primary material
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- “Patrick Rambaud”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards
Rambaud received these awards for his book The Battle: • 1997 Prix Goncourt • 1997 Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie française
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- 1.Patrick Rambaud sur Evene.fr
- 2.Patrick Rambaud, interviewé par Baptiste Liger, « L'entretien », Lire, mars 2017, pages 94-101.
- 3.Mohammed Aïssaoui. Patrick Rambaud quitte l'académie Goncourt pour des raisons de santé. Le Figaro. 2022-12-07.
- 4.Académie Goncourt. Communiqué de presse. Twitter. 2022-12-06.
- 5.Frédéric Potet. Patrick Rambaud, l’anti-chantre du pouvoir. Le Monde. 9 avril 2017.
- 6.Vincent Folliot. L'écrivain Patrick Rambaud raconte son mai 68. vécu à la base aérienne d’Évreux !. Paris Normandie. 4 mai 2018. 5 mai 2018.
- 7.La Farce des choses et autres parodies. Babelio.
- 8.Patrick Berthier, l'Année balzacienne, 1998, 333-36
- 9.Pierre Barbéris, Balzac et son monde, Arthaud, 1973, 56
- 10.Nicolas Gary. Chroniques du règne de Nicolas , ou Rambaud fait de la BD. 2012.
- 11.Bruno Jeudy. Patrick Rambaud chronique le règle de « François le Petit ». parismatch.com. 15 janvier 2016.
- 12.Après avoir égratigné Sarkozy, Patrick Rambaud dézingue « François-le-Petit ». leparisien.fr. 6 janvier 2016.
- 13.Grégoire Leménager. Le règne de François le Petit, raconté par Patrick Rambaud. bibliobs.nouvelobs.com. 26 décembre 2015.
- 14.Marine Durand. Le Grand prix Palatine du roman historique décerné à Patrick Rambaud. Livres Hebdo.
- 15.Clarisse Normand, Agathe Auproux. Patrick Rambaud reçoit le prix Montblanc. Livres Hebdo.
- 16.Patrick Rambaud : Emmanuel Le Magnifique. notre-jardin-des-livres.over-blog.com. 21-06-2019.
- 17.Patrick Rambaud ne rigole plus. L'Obs. 12-10-2020.
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