Jean-René Van der Plaetsen


Jean-René Van der Plaetsen is a French journalist and writer. He is Deputy Managing Editor of Le Figaro Magazine. He has also been a member of the jury of the Prix de Flore since its creation in 1994.

Life

Born in Lubumbashi, Republic of the Congo, Van der Plaetsen studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, the then at the Collège Saint-Sulpice. He holds a law degree from the Paris Descartes University and is a former student of Sciences Po.

''Le Figaro'' and ''Le Figaro Magazine''

Van der Plaetsen joined Le Figaro in 1988, where he spent his entire career, including le Figaro littéraire, culture, and politics, then editor-in-chief. In January 2008,, then promoted to managing editor of Le Figaro Magazine, brought him to the magazine and appointed him deputy managing editor, a position he still holds today.
A friend of Michel Houellebecq, he conducted a series of very long interviews with him, entitled Un été avec Michel Houellebecq, which appeared in five episodes in Le Figaro Magazine during the summer of 2015. We see the author of Atomised confiding in complete freedom on the most diverse subjects - and interacting with philosopher Alain Finkielkraut and rock-star Iggy Pop.

Work