The writer Jean-Christophe Rufin elected to the French Academy
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The writer Jean-Christophe Rufin elected to the French Academy
PARIS (AFP) - The writer and diplomat Jean-Christophe Rufin, current ambassador in Dakar, was elected Thursday to the French Academy, the chair of the writer Henri Troyat, announced the institution. The writer Jean-Christophe Rufin elected to the French Academy
Prix Goncourt in 2001 for "Brazil Red," Jean-Christophe Rufin has won the first ballot with 14 votes against 12 for the writer and producer of radio Olivier Germain-Thomas, two blank ballots and a ballot marked with a cross.
Born in June 1952 in Bourges, Jean-Christophe Rufin, a doctor specializing neurology and psychiatry, is a pioneer of humanitarian action.
He held important responsibilities to Action against Hunger (1983-1985) and Doctors Without Borders (1991), for twenty years and participated in various missions in Africa, Asia and South America.
Author in 1986 of a first essay, "The humanitarian trap", since he published a dozen books. His first novel, "The Abyssinian", won the Goncourt's first novel in 1997 and "lost causes" of Allied in 1999. "Brazil Red" is one of the best selling Goncourt last ten years.
Appointed Ambassador to Senegal In August 2007, Jean-Christophe Rufin was published in early 2008 an autobiography, "A leopard on the withers.
After his election, three seats remain to be filled at the French Academy, which has in principle 40 members: those of the writer Alain Robbe-Grillet, former Prime Minister Pierre Messmer and Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger. The election to the chair of Cardinal Lustiger was set for Oct. 30.
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