Bruno de Cessole

Bruno de Cessole (born 23 August 1950 in Nice) is a French writer and literary critic.

Biography The son of General Raymond de Cessole and Françoise Laubiès, Bruno de Cessole is a journalist for Le Figaro, L'Express, Le Point, a literary critic at Les Nouvelles littéraires and Les Lettres Françaises, as well as director of the Revue des deux Mondes.

He was then editor-in-chief of Jours de Chasse and of the cultural department of Valeurs actuelles, and collaborated with the .

In 2009, his novel L'Heure de la fermeture dans les jardins d'Occident won the prix des Deux Magots.

In 2015, he was awarded the Prix Henri-Gal for Literature of the Académie française for his entire body of work.

In early 2016, after the purchase of the newspaper by Étienne Mougeotte, Charles Villeneuve and Iskandar Safa, he left Valeurs actuelles.

Married to Béatrice Delettrez, a Professor of Law, he is the father of two sons and two daughters.

Works

Novels 2008: , Prix des Deux Magots 2009 2009:

Essays 1994: 1997: 1998! 1999: 2001: 2002: 2002: 2006: 2010: 2011: 2014:

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