Éric Reinhardt

Éric Reinhardt (born April 2, 1965)^[2] is a French writer and publisher currently living in Paris.^[3]

Éric Reinhardt
Éric Reinhardt at the Radio France book fair, 26 November 2011
Born	(1965-04-02) April 2, 1965 (age 58) Nancy, France
Occupation	Writer, publisher
Notable awards	Globe de Cristal d'honneur (2012)^[1]

Early life

Reinhardt grew up in a middle-class family approximately 30 kilometres from Paris in Corbeil-Essonnes.^[4] He attended preparatory classes in Paris at Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour before studying at ISG Business School with the aim of finding employment in the publishing world.^[4] At ISG he wrote a first year thesis on the publishing committee at Gallimard and a thesis on Éditions P.O.L [fr].^[4] Following the completion of his studies, Reinhardt commenced working in publishing before moving into publishing art books specifically.^[5] He worked at publishing houses Le Castor astral [fr], Albin Michel, Flohic Éditions [fr] and Éditions Hazan [fr].^[6]

Novelist

Reinhardt began writing while working in publishing and published his first novel Demi-sommeil in 1998 with Actes-Sud [fr]. Demi-sommeil explored dealing with the loss of childhood and love.^[7] Le Moral des ménages, published in 2002 by Editions Stock is a critique of the middle class.^[8] Existence (2004), Cendrillon (2007) and Le Système Victoria (2011) continued in this vein, subjects covered included globalisation, world finance and the diktat of social achievement.^[9] L'Amour et les forêts (2014), Reinhardt's first novel published by Gallimard represented a change in topic to the world of the intimate in the spirit of Gustave Flaubert and Guy de Maupassant.^[10] Selling more than 100,000 copies, this novel won both Le Prix Renaudot des lycéens and Le Prix Roman France Télévisions in 2014.^[11]

A blend of truth and fiction, La Chambre des époux (2017) covered his wife's experience with breast cancer and his fear of losing her.^[12] Comédies françaises (2020) is a novel based on real events about the development of the internet and the impact of lobbyist Ambroise Roux who convinced Valery Giscard d'Estaing to halt French efforts based on the ideas of Louis Pouzin.^[13] Comédies françaises was nominated for the Prix littéraire du Monde [fr],^[14] the Prix Interallié,^[15] the Prix Medicis^[16] and won the Prix Les Inrockuptibles [fr] ex aequo with Constance Debré's Love me tender.^[17]

Bibliography

Novels

• Demi-sommeil, Actes-Sud, 1998, ISBN 2-7427-1849-4
• Le Moral des ménages, Stock, 2002, ISBN 9782234054615
• Existence, Stock, 2004, ISBN 9782234057098
• Cendrillon, Stock, 2007, ISBN 9782234058149
• Le Système Victoria, Stock, 2011, ISBN 9782234061903
• L’amour et les forêts, Gallimard, 2014, ISBN 9782070143979
• La Chambre des époux, Gallimard, 2017, ISBN 9782070197200
• Comédies françaises, Gallimard, 2020, ISBN 9782072796982

Theatre

• Leverage de quatre in L'Argent, Avant-Scène, 2009, ISBN 9782749811345
• Élisabeth ou l'Équité, Stock, 2013, ISBN 9782234074002

References

1. Bester, Eva (3 September 2017). "Eric Reinhardt : " La mélancolie en soi ne me dérange pas. Ce que je fuis, c'est plutôt l'angoisse "". France Inter. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
2. "Éric Reinhardt". ELLE (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
3. "Éric Reinhardt". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
4. Gourdon, Jessica (14 September 2020). "Eric Reinhardt : " Je me suis servi de mon école de commerce pour intégrer le milieu de l'édition "" [Eric Reinhardt: "I used my time at business school to get into the world of publishing"]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. "Eric Reinhardt". france inter (in French). Radio France. 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
6. "Eric Reinhardt : Biographie". LePetitLittéraire.fr (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
7. Roy, Vincent (30 September 2010). ""Demi-sommeil", d'Eric Reinhardt : adieu à l'innocence" ["Demi-sommeil" by Eric Reinhardt : goodbye to innocence]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
8. Busnel, François (21 February 2002). "La famille élémentaire". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021. Mais il faut prendre ce texte pour ce qu'il est: le plus fort et le plus excitant de ce début d'année.
9. "ÉRIC REINHARDT". Festival d'Avignon. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
10. Barnett, Emily (15 August 2019). "Rentrée littéraire : qui était notre coup de cœur, il y a cinq ans ?". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
11. Peras, Delphine (25 August 2014). "Eric Reinhardt mis en cause pour atteinte à la vie privée et contrefaçon". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
12. Bouchy, Florence (26 August 2017). "Eric Reinhardt chante le pouvoir consolateur et salvateur de l'art". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
13. Leyris, Raphaëlle (22 August 2020). "" Comédies françaises ", d'Eric Reinhardt : sur les traces du fiasco de l'Internet français". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
14. Turcev, Nicolas (23 July 2020). "La sélection du prix Le Monde 2020". Livres Hebdo (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
15. Oury, Antoine (24 September 2020). "Huit ouvrages sélectionnés pour le Prix Interallié 2020". ActuaLitté (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2021.
16. "Prix Médicis 2020 : 15 romans français et 13 étrangers dans la première sélection". L'Obs (in French). 11 September 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
17. "Voici les lauréats 2020 du prix littéraire des Inrockuptibles". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 17 November 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2021.