Meet Frédéric Beigbeder, French novelist, critic, radio host, model, DJ, and film director, at an intimate luncheon at FIAF.

Known for his wild side and his self-deprecating public persona, he is also a serious talent. A true literary celebrity, Beigbeder will discuss his storied career, his approach to writing, and French literature with journalist and French TV personality Olivier Barrot.

An enfant terrible with a flair for provocation, Beigbeder is known as much for his feverish coverage in celebrity magazines as for his distinguished career as an author, film director, intellectual, and the host of the French radio program La matinale (France Inter).

Born into a privileged family in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Beigbeder published his first novel, Mémoires d’un jeune homme dérangé, at the young age of 24. He subsequently worked as an advertising copywriter for various agencies including Young & Rubicam, an experience that would inspire his bestselling novel, 99 francs.

A former writer and literary columnist for Elle, Voici, Paris Match, and GQ, a former editor at Flammarion, he most recently served at executive editor of Lui, the legendary French men’s entertainment magazine, from 2013-2017.

Co-founder of two literary magazines, NRV (a pun on the word énérvé, meaning annoyed) and Bordel, he also oversees Le Figaro Magazine's feuilleton litteraire section.

Beigbeder created the Prix de Flore, which has been awarded to authors including Michel Houellebecq, Amélie Nothomb, and Christine Angot, and co-founded the Prix Sade. His novel Windows on the World won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize in 2005, and in 2009, he received the Prix Renaudot for Un roman français. Several of his novels have been adapted for the screen.

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