Daniel Rondeau
Daniel Rondeau in 2010
Born (1948-05-07) 7 May 1948 (age 75)
Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, France
NationalityFrench
EducationPanthéon-Assas University
Occupation(s)Writer
Journalist
Diplomat
Known forMember of the Académie Française

Daniel Rondeau (born 7 May 1948) is a French writer, editor, and diplomat.[1][2] Born in Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, he studied law at Panthéon-Assas where the spirit of May 68 saw him embrace Maoism and join the proletariat by working from 1970 to 1974 in a factory in Nancy making insulation.[3][4] He worked for France Inter's Nord-Est radio station from 1977,[4] before moving to Paris, where he worked for the newspapers Libération (1982–1985) Le Nouvel Observateur (1985–1998) and L'Express (1998–2007).[1][2][5] He was French ambassador to Malta (2008–2011) and to UNESCO (2011–2013).[1][3] He has written fiction, reportage, literary criticism and political commentary, and for his oeuvre won the Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand in 1998. After unsuccessfully standing for election to the Académie Française in 2011 and 2016, he was elected to seat 8 in 2019.[1][6]

Works

Works by Daniel Rondeau[1]
Title Date Notes
Chagrin lorrain 1979 Account of deindustrialisation in Lorraine
L'Âge-Déraison, véritable biographie imaginaire de Johnny H 1982 Fictional biography of his friend Johnny Hallyday
Trans-Europ-Express 1984 Anthology of Libération reportage
Tanger 1987 Travelogue of Tangiers.
L'enthousiasme 1988 Memoir of his time as a factory worker in Lorraine. Revised edition in 2006 was the second volume of his autobiography, Mémoire tu l'appelleras
Pourquoi écrivez vous? 1988 Co-editor with Jean-François Fogel of an anthology of writers explaining their motivations.
Les Tambours du Monde 1989 Novel
Chronique du Liban rebelle 1988–1989 1991 Account of his friend Michel Aoun's interim premiership at the end of the Lebanese Civil War.
Portraits champenois 1991 Account of his home region of Champagne, with photographs by his brother Gérard Rondeau
La Part du diable 1992 Novel
Littérature notre ciel! 1992 Account of Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt [de]
Les Fêtes partagées; Lectures et autres voyages 1994 Literary anthology
Mitterrand et nous 1994 Account of the presidency of François Mitterrand
Des hommes libres; La France libre par ceux qui l’ont faite 1997 Co-editor with Roger Stéphane of accounts by Free French resistance members
Alexandrie 1997 Travelogue of Alexandria. Winner of the 1998 Prix des Deux Magots
Johnny 1999 Anthology of journalistic interviews and portraits of Johnny Hallyday. Second edition 2009.
Istanbul 2002 Travelogue of Istanbul.
Dans la marche du temps 2004 Novel
Camus ou les promesses de la vie 2005 Account of Albert Camus' life and work
Les vignes de Berlin 2006 First volume of his autobiography, Mémoire tu l'appelleras
Journal de lectures, 1999–2006 2007 Anthology of literary articles from L'Express
Carthage 2008 Travelogue and meditation on the ruins and history of Carthage
Malta Hanina 2012 Account of Malta
Vingt ans et plus 2014 Excerpts from his 1991–2012 diaries. Winner of the Prix Saint-Simon
Boxing-Club 2016 Essays on boxing
Mécaniques du chaos [fr] 2017 Novel. Winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
La raison et le cœur 2018 Anthology of political and literary pieces written since 1984, some previously unpublished.
Arrière-pays 2021 Novel

Honours

French
Foreign (honorary)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Daniel Rondeau". Académie française. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Un nouvel immortel élu jeudi à l'Académie française". Le Point (in French). 8 December 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b Van der Plaetsen, Jean-René (13 January 2012). "Son Excellence Daniel Rondeau". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Daniel Rondeau". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ "La Ferté-Vidame fête les livres dimanche 7 septembre". Eurélien.fr (in French). Conseil départemental d'Eure-et-Loir. 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  6. ^ "Le Marnais Daniel Rondeau élu à l'Académie Française". France 3 Grand Est (in French). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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