Philippe Lançon
Philippe Lançon (* 1963 in Vanves ) is a French journalist and writer . He works mainly for the daily newspaper Liberation and the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo , as well as for the public radio station France Inter . Lançon was wounded in the terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo during an editorial meeting on January 7, 2015.
life and work
Philippe Lançon completed a master's degree in European law and also holds a degree from the Center de formation des journalistes (CFJ), a private Parisian journalism school .
Philippe Lançon works mainly as a literary critic, a. a. on Latin American literature. In 2015 he was invited to Princeton University in the USA as a visiting fellow . However, he was unable to accept the job because he was seriously injured in the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
In his book Le lambeau ( Eng . The scrap ) Lançon writes about the attack and the lengthy surgical treatment of his massive facial injuries in the mouth and lower jaw area. In France the work became a bestseller and won various prizes. The book also received extremely positive reviews in German-speaking countries.
Publications
- Monograph on the artist Jean Daviot (1998)
- Je ne sais pas écrire et je suis un innocent . Calmann-Lévy, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7021-3428-9 (French, under the pseudonym Gabriel Lindero ).
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Les îles . Novel. J.-C. Lattès, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-7096-3513-4 (French).
- Les îles . J'ai lu, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-290-05465-9 (French, paperback edition).
- L'élan . Novel. Gallimard, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-07-014088-6 (French).
- The scrap . Tropen Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-50423-1 (French: Le lambeau . Paris 2018. Translated by Nicola Denis ).
Awards
For Les Îles :
- Prix Henri de Régnier of the Académie française
For Le Lambeau ( The Shredded ):
- Prix Femina
- Prix Spécial Renaudot
- Prix des Prix
- Prix Roman News
2019: Hermann Kesten Prize
Web links
- Information on Philippe Lançon in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- Information on Gabriel Lindero in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Qui est Philippe Lançon? In: lemonde.fr . Retrieved February 12, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Philippe Lancon, PLAS Visting Fellow for AY15, Injured in the Paris terrorist attack. In: princeton.edu. January 8, 2015; Archived from the original on January 10, 2015 ; accessed on February 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Barbara Villiger Heilig: Life in Tatters . In: Republik (magazine) . September 20, 2018. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ↑ Onset of violence faz.net, March 19, 2019
- ↑ "The man I was before the attack is dead" tagesspiegel.de, March 15, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lançon, Philippe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vanves |