Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre explained

Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre (born 20 March 1976) is a French journalist and author.

Biography

Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on 20 March 1976, a descendant of Princess Isabelle d’Orléans. She won five literary prizes for her first novel and was a finalist for the Goncourt prize for début fiction. Her second novel won the Grand Prix du Roman in 2016.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Clermont-Tonnerre attended the Ecole Normale Supérieure though she didn't complete. She worked in investment banking in France and Mexico. Clermont-Tonnerre then became a columnist and journalist, currently working as the section editor on Point de Vue.^{[5] [6]}

Works

• Fourrure, Éditions Stock, 2010,
• Le dernier des nôtres, Éditions Grasset, 2016
  • Translated by Adriana Hunter as The Last of Our Kind, Hodder & Stoughton, 2018,
• Les Jours heureux, Éditions Grasset, 2021,

Notes and References

1. News: French Literary Prizes . Alliance Francaise Melbourne . en.
2. Web site: Grand Prix du Roman . Académie française . academie-francaise.fr.
3. Web site: magazine . Le Point . Le prix Françoise Sagan 2010 attribué à Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre . Le Point . fr . 2 June 2010.
4. News: Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre . Susanna Lea Associates.
5. Web site: Fondation Prince Pierre de Monaco . www.fondationprincepierre.mc.
6. News: Match . Paris . La fourrure de vivre . parismatch.com . fr.
7. News: Les nominés pour le prix Renaudot sont... . LExpress.fr . 28 May 2010 . fr.