Vanessa Schneider (born 1969) is a French political journalist and writer.

Life

Born in

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, Hauts-de-Seine, Vanessa Schneider is the daughter of psychoanalyst Michel Schneider and the cousin of actress

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. She was a political journalist at ''

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'' in 1994, she became a reporter for the

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in February 2007. At the same time, Schneider worked for the program ''Dimanche'' on

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and, also on that channel, appeared as a commentator in the program ''Un café, l'addition'' (''One coffee and the bill'') with

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from September 2007 to June 2008. She was also a regular columnist on

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on the show ''On refait le monde'' (''Remaking the World''), then hosted by

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. From 2009 to 2011, Schneider was a reporter for ''Marianne''. In 2011, she joined the political department of the daily newspaper ''

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'', covering government affairs. She covered

Nicolas Sarkozy Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarközy de Nagy-Bocsa ( ; ; born 28 January 1955) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2007 to 2012. In 2021, he was found guilty of having tried to bribe a judge in 2014 to obtain information ...

's campaign in the presidential election of 2012. She is now a journalist at ''M'' magazine. Between September 2014 and July 2015, Schneider had a weekly opinion column every Wednesday in the program ''On n'est pas forcément d'accord'' (''We do not necessarily agree'') hosted by

Éric Zemmour Éric Justin Léon Zemmour (; born 31 August 1958) is a French History of far-right movements in France, far-right politician, essayist, writer and political journalist and pundit. He was an editor and panelist on ''Face à l'Info'', a daily show ...

and Nicolas Domenach. She regularly takes part in the program ''C dans l'air'' on

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, and ''As we talk'' on

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. In May 2008, she published ''La Mère de ma mère'', her first autobiographical novel, in which she portrays her maternal grandmother and her denial of her African origins. In October 2009, she released her second novel, ''Do Not Go Crazy'', in which she continues to explore her family origins. At the start of the 2011 literary season, she published ''The Pact of Virgins'', a story inspired by an American news story: 17 young girls became pregnant at the same time. In 2018, she published ''Tu t'appelais Maria Schneider'', a book about her cousin

. In 2024, the book was adapted into the film ''

Being Maria ''Being Maria'' () is a 2024 French biographical drama film directed by Jessica Palud from a screenplay by Palud and Laurette Polmanss, freely adapted from Vanessa Schneider's 2018 memoir ''My Cousin Maria Schneider''. It is about the actress ...

'', directed by Jessica Palud.

Works

* ''La Mère de ma mère'', ''éditions Stock'', «Bleue» coll., 2008, () * ''Tâche de ne pas devenir folle, éditions Stock'', «Bleue» coll., 2009, () * ''Le Pacte des vierges, éditions Stock'', coll. « Bleue », 2011, () * ''Le jour où tu m’as quittée, éditions Stock'', «Bleue» coll., 2014, ()

References

External links

*http://www.editions-stock.fr/auteurs/vanessa-schneider {{DEFAULTSORT:Schneider, Vanessa 1969 births Living people 21st-century French journalists French political journalists French women journalists Sciences Po alumni People from Puteaux 20th-century French journalists 21st-century French non-fiction writers French women non-fiction writers 20th-century French women writers 21st-century French women writers