Laurent Seksik

Laurent Seksik (2018)

Laurent Seksik (* 1962 in Nice , France ) is a French doctor , journalist and writer .

Life

After studying medicine, Seksik became a hospital doctor. Before that, he had obtained his first degree, Diplôme d'études approfondies , in nuclear medicine as part of his specialist studies and was approved at the Medical Faculty in Paris . His doctoral thesis focused on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI or MR) before he became an assistant doctor at the UFR Broussais-Hotel-Dieu in Paris. After completing his years as an assistant doctor, he let his profession rest for several years.

In 1999 Seksik published his first novel, which was followed by two more books. During this time he worked as a literary critic for Le Point magazine and took part in literary programs on French television for three years. In autumn 2012 Les derniers jours de Stefan Zweig was staged at the Théâtre Antoine in Paris with the actors Patrick Timsit and Elsa Zylberstein .

Seksik returned to his profession and has divided his life between medicine and literature ever since.

Publications

• Les mauvaises pensées. Editions JC Lattès, Paris 1999.
  • The special gift of Nathan Lewinski. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-499-23631-1 .
• La folle histoire. Editions JC Lattès, Paris 2002.
• La consultation. Editions JC Lattès, Paris 2005.
• Albert Einstein. Editions Gallimard, Paris 2008.
• Les derniers jours de Stefan Zweig. Novel. Éditions Flammarion, Paris 2010.
  • Anticipation of the near night. Translated from the French by Hanna van Laak. Blessing, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-89667-443-2 .
  • Graphic novel with illustrations by Guillaume Sorel . Casterman, Paris 2012.
  • The last days of Stefan Zweig. Jacoby & Sohn, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941787-78-0 .
• La legend des fils. Novel. Èditions Flammarion, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-08-124856-4 .
• Le cas Eduard Einstein . Flammarion, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-08-124857-1 .
  • The Eduard Einstein case. Novel. Blessing, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-89667-520-0 .
• L'Exercice de la médecine. Novel. Flammarion, Paris 2015, ISBN 978-2-08-134387-0 .

Awards

• 2005: Prix ​​Littré for La Folle Histoire.
• 2011: Prix ​​des Lecteurs Impact Médecine for Les derniers Jours de Stefan Zweig.

Web links

• Biography (fr.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ France's new lust for Stefan Zweig in FAZ of January 10, 2013, page 26
2. ↑ She did not become the woman of life, but a companion for eternity. In: FAZ . June 27, 2011, p. 30.