Bruno de Cessole


Bruno de Cessole is a French writer and literary critic.

Biography

The son of General Raymond de Cessole and Françoise Laubiès, Bruno de Cessole is a journalist for Le Figaro, L'Express, Le Point, a literary critic at Les Nouvelles littéraires and Les Lettres Françaises, as well as director of the Revue des deux Mondes.
He was then editor-in-chief of Jours de Chasse and of the cultural department of Valeurs actuelles, and collaborated with the .
In 2009, his novel L'Heure de la fermeture dans les jardins d'Occident won the prix des Deux Magots.
In 2015, he was awarded the of the Académie française for his entire body of work.
In early 2016, after the purchase of the newspaper by, Charles Villeneuve and Iskandar Safa, he left Valeurs actuelles.
Married to Béatrice Delettrez, a Professor of Law, he is the father of two sons and two daughters.

Works

Novels