Érik Orsenna

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Érik Orsenna is the pen-name of Érik Arnoult (born March 22, 1947 in Paris), a French politician and novelist. After studies in philosophy and political science at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris or Sciences Po, Orsenna specialized in economy at the London School of Economics. He was a close collaborator of François Mitterrand and held several government positions in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a member (currently on leave) of the Conseil d'État since 1985. He was elected to the Académie française on May 28, 1998.

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1973 Loyola’s blues (Le Seuil)
1977 La Vie comme à Lausanne (Le Seuil)
1977 Espace national et déséquilibre monétaire, under his real name Érik Arnoult (PUF)
1980 Une comédie française (Le Seuil)
1988 L’Exposition coloniale (Le Seuil)
1992 Besoin d’Afrique, in collaboration with Éric Fottorino and Christophe Guillemin (Fayard)
1993 Grand amour (Le Seuil)
1996 Histoire du monde en neuf guitares, with Thierry Arnoult (Le Seuil)
1996 Mésaventures du Paradis, mélodie cubaine, in collaboration with Bernard Matussière (Le Seuil)
1997 Deux étés (Fayard)
1998 Longtemps (Fayard)
2000 Portrait d'un homme heureux : André Le Nôtre (Fayard)
2001 La grammaire est une chanson douce (Stock)
2003 Madame Bâ (Fayard)
2004 Les Chevaliers du subjonctif (Stock)
2005 Portrait du Golf Stream (Le Seuil)
2006 Voyage au pays du coton (Fayard)