Alexis Jenni
Alexis Jenni (born April 1963 in Lyon ) is a French biology teacher and writer.
Life
Jenni has a PhD in biology and teaches biology at Lycee Saint-Marc in Lyon. He is married and has three sons.
First work
With his debut novel L'Art français de la guerre , he won the Prix Goncourt , the most important literary prize in France, in 2011 . The Prix Goncourt, awarded since 1903, is only endowed with a symbolic ten euros, but it catapults the authors into the bestseller lists for weeks.
In response to the award, Alexis Jenni said: “Since I finished my studies 20 years ago, I have written various texts, all of which were unsuccessful. I thought I would always remain a Sunday writer like there are Sunday painters. I wrote the book for five years. "
The novel deals with the colonial history of France in Indochina and Algeria ; an asymmetrical warfare can be seen in both . Behind this is an analysis of present-day France, which investigates the hypothesis that the way in which French society and the Front National in particular treat immigrants today have their roots in the colonial wars, when a policy of strength was practiced.
L'Art français de la guerre was also nominated for the Prix Médicis and the Prix Femina .
Works
- The French art of war. Translated by Uli Wittmann, Luchterhand, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-6308-7402-9 .
- Élucidations. 50 anecdotes. Editions Gallimard, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-07-014205-7 .
- Le Monde au XXIIe siècle, utopia pour après demain. PUF, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-13-063140-8 .
- Son visage et le tien. Albin Michel, Paris 2014, ISBN 978-2-226-25698-0 .
- Jour de guerre, reliefs de 1914-18. Les Éditions du Toucan, Boulogne-Billancourt 2014, ISBN 978-2-8100-0604-5 .
Web links
- Alexis Jenni receives the Prix Goncourt ZEIT Online, November 2, 2011
- Video on arte.tv
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sebastian Hammelehle: "The French Art of Warfare": Bloody like a chopped off mutton's head. spiegel.de of November 21, 2012, accessed on March 15, 2013
- ↑ Lena Bopp: Why are you looking for adventure, Monsieur Jenni? , FAZ , November 17, 2012, p. Z6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenni, Alexis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon , France |