Christophe Boltanski
Christophe Boltanski is a French journalist, writer and chronicler. He was awarded laureate of the 2015 Prix Femina prize for his novel La Cache, which is the basis for the film La Cache (The Safe House).
Biography
Christophe Boltanski is the son of sociologist Luc Boltanski and the nephew of linguist Jean-Élie Boltanski and conceptual artist Christian Boltanski.After he completed his studies in 1987 at the Centre de formation des journalistes, Christophe Boltanski worked for the Le Progrès Egyptien and then in London.
From 2007 to 2017, he worked for the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur, while collaborating on the website Rue 89.
In 2000 he was awarded the Prix Bayeux-Calvados des correspondants de guerre for a report on a mine in Congo, in the Nord-Kivu region: "Les Mineurs de l'enfer".
Works
;Non-fiction BooksLes Sept Vies de Yasser Arafat, Grasset, 1997 Bethléem : 2000 ans de passion '', Grasset, 2006 Minerais de sang : Les esclaves du monde moderne, Folio, 2014, Grasset, 2012, photographs by Patrick Robert;NovelsLa Cache, Stock, collection bleue, 2015. – Prix Femina and Prix des prix littéraires 2015