Cécile Guilbert

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Cécile Guilbert (born 1963) is a French writer and literary critic. She studied at Sciences-Po Paris. She has written a number of books on writers who are esprits libres or "free spirits": Saint Simon, Guy Debord, Laurence Sterne and Andy Warhol. She won the Prix Médicis de l'essai for Warhol spirit.She has also written novels such as Le Musée National (2000) and Réanimation (2012). She has written for France Culture, Canal Plus, Monde des Livres and Magazine Littéraire.[1]

As of 2021, Guilbert sits on the jury of the Prix Renaudot.[2]

In 2022, she made her acting debut in Albert Serra's drama film Pacifiction.[3]

Works[edit]

  • 1994 : Saint-Simon ou l’encre de la subversion, Gallimard
  • 1996 : Pour Guy Debord, Gallimard
  • 2000 : Le musée national, Gallimard
  • 2004 : L’écrivain le plus libre, Gallimard
  • 2008 : Warhol spirit, Grasset (Prix Médicis de l'essai)
  • 2012 : Réanimation, Grasset

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biographie et actualités de Cécile Guilbert France Inter". www.franceinter.fr.
  2. ^ "Stéphanie Janicot et Cécile Guilbert intègrent le jury du Renaudot". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  3. ^ Kaprièlian, Nelly (19 May 2022). "[Cannes 2022] On a rencontré Cécile Guilbert pour son premier rôle au cinéma". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 12 November 2022.