Jean-Jacques Lafaye (born 27 March 1958) is a French writer and journalist. He was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France. In 1990, Lafaye won the French literature award, Prix Cazes. This award is also known as the Prix Cazes-Brasserie Lipp.

Bibliography

Journalism

Jean-Jacques Lafaye's father, was a renowned mesoamericanist. After studying in Strasbourg, Madrid and Paris, he began his career as a journalist by creating the magazine ''Latitude - mensuel d'actualité mondiale'' with the advertiser Yves Michalon. He then specialized in major international talks, both in the field of culture and diplomacy, notably for the magazine ''

Politique internationale ''Politique internationale'' is a quarterly French political affairs magazine covering international relations based in Paris, France. History and profile ''Politique internationale'' was established by Patrick Wajsman in 1978. The headquarters i ...

(''which he has been collaborating with since 1983) la '' Revue des deux Mondes'', ''Vogue-Paris'', ' and other musical and literary publications. As a Hispanophone, he has written many texts in the Spanish daily newspaper ''

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'', la '' Revista de Occidente'' and ''Cuadernos Hispano-Americanos''. Among his great partners can be quoted the names of cardinal

Carlo Maria Martini Carlo Maria Martini (15 February 1927 – 31 August 2012) was an Italian Jesuit and Biblical scholar. He served as Archbishop of Milan from 1980 to 2002 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1983. Martini entered the Society of Jesus in ...

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (28 March 1936 – 13 April 2025) was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists a ...

, prince Karim Aga Khan,

Albert II, Prince of Monaco Albert II (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is Prince of Monaco, reigning since 2005. Born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, Albert is the second child and only son of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace. He attend ...

, actor

Dirk Bogarde Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as ''Doctor in the House (film), Doctor in the Hous ...

, dancer

Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship.

, painter

Balthus Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his ima ...

, Mario Soares, Alexandre Zinoviev,

Zbigniew Brzezinski Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński (, ; March 28, 1928 – May 26, 2017), known as Zbig, was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's National Securi ...

, general

Zia ul-Haq Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 192417 August 1988) was a Pakistani military officer and statesman who served as the sixth president of Pakistan from 1978 until his death in an airplane crash in 1988. He also served as the second chief of ...

, Manuel Barroso, Yehudi Menuhin,

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra ( , ; 19 January 1920 – 4 March 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat and politician who served as the fifth secretary-general of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991. He later served as prime min ...

etc.

Music

A passionate lover of music, his meeting with the great Portuguese singer of fado Amalia Rodrigues opened a new chapter to him of activities in the service of many artists. As international manager of Amalia Rodrigues from 1985 to 1992, he organized for her 80 concerts in fifteen countries. He also collaborated with Susana Rinaldi,

Milva Maria Ilva Biolcati, (; 17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva (), was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as ''La Rossa'' (Italian for "The Redhead"), due to the characteristic co ...

Teresa Berganza Teresa Berganza Vargas OAXS (16 March 1933 – 13 May 2022) was a Spanish mezzo-soprano. She is most closely associated with roles such as Rossini's Rosina and La Cenerentola, and later Bizet's Carmen, admired for her technical virtuosity, mu ...

and other classical musicians such as

Aldo Ciccolini Aldo Ciccolini (; 15 August 1925 – 1 February 2015) was an Italian pianist who became a naturalized French citizen in 1971. Biography Aldo Ciccolini was born in Naples. His father, whose family bore the title of Marquis in the city of Macera ...

, Jean Guillou and

Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin (22 April 191612 March 1999), was an American-born British violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. ...

. Portugal distinguished him by the title of Commander of the Order of D. Henrique (Henry the Navigator) in 2006. He was the originator of numerous public and official homages to the great figures of contemporary artists.

Literature

But it was in the literary field that his achievements were most striking: the first French biographer of

Stefan Zweig Stefan Zweig ( ; ; 28 November 1881 – 22 February 1942) was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career, in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world. Zweig was raised in V ...

, his book Lavenir de la nostalgie'' published the year that saw the end of the

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earned him the 1990 Prix Cazes and other awards. His work as an essayist and his art of dialogue have given rise to some twenty books in the literary ( David Shahar, musical ( Amalia Rodrigues,

), theater (

Edwige Feuillère Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; 29 October 1907 – 13 November 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Biography She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born moth ...

), art ( Eduardo Arroyo) and history ( Saint-Just) fields. His work has earned him the repeated support of the

Pierre Bergé Pierre Vital Georges Bergé (; 14 November 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a French industrialist and patron. He co-founded the fashion label Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), and was a longtime business partner—and onetime significant other—of its ...

- Yves Saint-Laurent Foundation and in 2009 the

Prix Henri de Régnier The Prix Henri de Régnier awarded by the Académie française is an annual prize to support literary creation established in 1994 by grouping of the prizes of the foundations Aubry-Vitet, Bonardi, Pierre de Régnier, Xavier Marnier, Monbinne, Pier ...

bstowed by the

Académie Française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

. At the same time, his pictorial work served humanitarian causes in various European countries. Involved during his life in the dialogue of cultures in the widest sense, including political and religious, he created in 1988 an association of international reflection: "Ethics and politics", gathering valuable moral testimonies for his book "Conversations for a Better World" in 2006. His humanistic commitment today leads him to defend the prospects of nuclear disarmament and the necessities of nuclear energy.

External links

Jean-Jacques Lafaye
on the site of the Académie française

on Bibliomonde
Jean-Jacques Lafaye
on

L'Harmattan Éditions L'Harmattan, usually known simply as L'Harmattan (), is one of the largest French book publishers. It specialises in non-fiction books with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. It is named after the Harmattan, a trade wind in W ...

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